SEA TURTLES

• By Maddy

DIET

• Green sea turtles eat sea grasses (Yum Yum.)
• Leatherbacks feed on jellyfish and soft-bodied animals.
• Loggerhead eat crabs, clams, mussels.
• Hawksbills eat jellyfish.
• The Olive Ridley eat lobster, crabs, tunicates, shrimp, and fish.

HABITAT

• Loggerhead turtles nest in the Carolinas but other sea turtles feed in our waters.
• Sea turtles go up to shore sometimes to check on their babies, to see if they have hatched yet.
• Every sea turtle species on Earth nests on Mexico's and Hawaii beaches.
• Sea Turtles are found in shallow, coastal waters, bays or lagoons.
• Leatherbacks spend most of their lives at sea and sometimes look for prey in coastal waters.

SEA TURTLE PREDATORS

• 90% of the eggs that are laid won’t have a sea turtle that makes it to last the first year.
• Sea turtle predators are killer whales.
• Baby sea turtles however, get eaten by foxes ,seagulls ,raccons , ghost crabs and more.
• Adult sea turtles have a few predators mostly large sharks, and Tiger sharks.
• Fishes, dogs, seabirds, raccoons, ghost crabs, and other predators prey on eggs and hatchlings. .

LOOKS

• leatherbacks reach about 1.2m to 1.9m and can weight up to 1,116 lbs.
• Adults can reach 90 centimeters in length.
• The Kemp's ridley and Olive ridley are the smallest species, and reach about 55 to 75 cm.
• Green sea turtles can weight up to 410 lbs.
• Flatbacks reach about 81 to 97 cm and up to 185 lbs.

FUN FACTS

• Leatherbacks are extremely fast swimmers and swim more than 20 miles per hour.
• Sea turtles can live up to 80 years.
• Leatherback sea turtles can travel more than 10,000 miles every year.
• Sea Turtles can hold their breath for more then 30 minutes.
• Leatherback sea turtles have been known to dive over 1,000 feet deep in the ocean.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.