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Leatherback Sea Turtle: Biggest of the Turtles

Leatherback Sea Turtle: Biggest of the Turtles. Emily and Tahanna. Habitat for Leatherback Sea Turtles. Live in oceans. They like warm waters to swim in. Swim to land for resting or air. Babies born on shore and crawl to water in groups.

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Leatherback Sea Turtle: Biggest of the Turtles

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  1. Leatherback Sea Turtle: Biggest of the Turtles Emily and Tahanna

  2. Habitat for Leatherback Sea Turtles • Live in oceans. • They like warm waters to swim in. • Swim to land for resting or air. • Babies born on shore and crawl to water in groups. • Some will get eaten by birds or other animals while trying to get to the water.

  3. Leatherback Sea Turtle Physical Characteristics • They don’t have a hard shell like other turtles, but instead they have leather shells like rubber. They have hard bones to keep them safe. • They have fins with big fins in the front, and small in the back. • They have white dots on them that look shiny under water.

  4. Leatherback Physical Characteristics to Survive • It is important to have strong bones because the shell isn’t strong enough. • It is important to have fins for it to swim away from predators. • It is important to have shiny white dots because it looks like the sun shining down in the water, so it is blending in.

  5. Leatherback Sea Turtle Behavioral Characteristics • Females nest their eggs on land. • Many of the turtles get stuck in nests that are for shrimp or trawl.

  6. Leatherback Behavioral Characteristics to Survive • The Leatherback Sea Turtle lays eggs on land, and a few years later, she goes to the same land and lays more eggs. They lay them on land so when they hatch out of the egg they don’t drown from the bottom. • They get stuck in nets because they think it might be food or when they are swimming at the top of the ocean.

  7. Inherited Traits of the Leatherback Sea Turtle • All females go to land and lay eggs. • Design of it body and shape. • Its weight and length.

  8. Influenced Environmental Conditions • The juveniles go to the shore where they can find more fish to eat. • Baby turtles follow a light to get to the water and might end up following a different light away from the ocean. • When females come to the shore, and it is new sand and hard to dig in, they might not dig and just lay the eggs out in the open.

  9. Acquired Traits • They are taught to swim. • The females are taught to lay eggs on the land and not in the ocean. • They are taught to swim away from danger.

  10. Did You Know Facts? • There used to be at least one million turtles, but now there are only about 39,000. • Their shells can reach up to 8.4 feet. • Males spend their entire life in the ocean. • They can weigh up to 2,000 pounds. It weighs more than a horse.

  11. More Interesting Facts • They like soft beaches, just like humans, so that’s why they are not going to some beaches to breathe. • They mistake plastic bags as jelly fish, and when they eat it, they suffocate. • Stealing turtle eggs is illegal in most countries, so scientists take them to safe places to hatch, then take them back and let them swim to the ocean.

  12. Bibliography for Leatherback • Leatherback Sea Turtle. Rod Theodorou. 2001. • Sea Turtles. Sophie Lockwood. 2006. • Sea Turtles. Mary Jo Rhodes and David Hall. 2005.

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