The Amazing Life Cycle Of Sea Turtles

Sea turtles are amazing reptiles and have been on earth for 65 million years and can live for a century.
There are many species living like the Green sea turtles, Loggerhead’ and the Leatherback

Stage one : Life cycle starts when a mother lays 1000 eggs identical to ping-pong balls. Most females will wait for the cover of darkness before leaving the water to crawl up the beach to find a suitable nesting spot. Once a spot is chosen, the female carefully and methodically digs a nest with her rear flippers. Once she finishes laying her eggs, she will cover and disguise the nest before returning to the water. When the nesting season is over, females return to foraging grounds, not nesting again for two to three years. 800 hatch 400 make it to the water. The other 400 are eaten or killed by crabs, birds and other predators.

Stage two : 20 have to survive perils of the ocean as young sea turtles. Stage three : Two make it to adulthood. Once sea turtles are adults, males & females will leave coastal areas and migrate hundreds or thousands of miles to breeding areas where they will mate and begin the reproductive stage of their lives. Females will mate with multiple males, storing sperm to fertilize multiple clutches of eggs that will be laid over the course of a couple of months, and so the life cycle begins again.

Green Sea Turtles
Green Sea turtles are one of the world’s largest species of turtle weighing around 65-130 kg and measuring between 1-1.2m. They have a strong, teardrop shape shell, called a ‘carapace’, which covers most of their body, except for the head and the four flippers. Their carapace can include shades of different colours, including dark brown, green, olive, yellow and black. These cool creatures are named for their layer green fat that lies under their shell. Scientists believe green sea turtles get the green fat from their veggie diet, unlike other sea turtles, green sea turtles love marine plants like seaweed and seagrass.

In conclusion these amazing creatures are heading towards extinction we can not let what happened to Tasmanian tiger and the dodo happen to the sea turtles. Lets save these amazing creatures together.