Green Sea Turtle

CLIMATE CHANGEDEFORESTRATIONILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADEOIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENTOVERFISHING POLLUTION

environmental challenges

RANGE: warm waters of Atlantic/ PacificHABITAT: shallow waters with abundant aquatic plants and open water during migration MIGRATION: return to the beach where they hatchedFEEDING: eat seegrass and algae REPRODUCTION: lay eggs on the beach and dig a hole to hide them in, the eggs hatch two months later and find their way to the ocean

-the sea turtles are vulnerable to human predation-they are endangered -humans destroy the nesting beaches -coastal development causes pollution in the water-baby turtle follow the reflection of the ocean against the horizon to figure out which direction to travel-infant turtles are confused by the bright artificial lights and often travel the wrong way and die-example: baby turtles were found on the street journeying towards a baseball field becuase the lights distracted them, people picked them up and brought them back to the beach-infant turtles are extemely vulnerable when they first hatch because predators are eyeing them for food

GREEN SEA TURTLE

DESCRIPTION

SIZE: 71-153 centimeters, 136 kilometersSHAPE: Broad carpace, oval shaped, unkeeled COLORS: olive to dark brown, white yellowish plastron, white edgeson the flippers MARKINGS: mottled or radiating pattern

Darina DeBenedictisD Block Marine BioDue May 14, 2014

http://worldwildlife.org/stories?species_id=green-turtle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJpBTHobcZA

pictures:http://worldwildlife.org/media?species_id=green-turtle&filter=photos