Sea TurtlesUnderwater Speedy Swimmers

By: Kennedy Venable

A look at Sea Turtles• A Sea Turtle can

weigh up to 500 pounds, can be 50 inches long and are slow on land.

• These egg-laying creatures have no teeth, and their strongest sense is smell.

• Sea Turtles have a shell that even a shark can’t bite through!

A look at Sea Turtles• These egg-laying

creatures have eardrums that are covered with skin, and can swim up to 20 mph in the water!

• There are six different species of Sea Turtles and the oldest one found was 112 years old!

A Sea Creature Is BornAn Egg-Laying creature

like this one digs a hole with it’s back feet, and lays its eggs on sandy beaches.

A Sea Turtle can lay as many as 100 eggs at a time, and six clutches a season; that’s 1,000 eggs!

After they've been born two months ago, the ping pong ball shaped egg cracks and a small Sea Turtle pops out.

Threats• Seagulls and

crabs feed on hatchlings, and diseases in the ocean water can hurt them as well.

• Humans are also a big threat to Sea Turtles because they can pollute, poach, and hurt them with nets.

Threats• Sea Turtles

have to find their way to the ocean by themselves at just a couple weeks old.

• The first ten years of their life, they are weak and very small.

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A Sea Turtles’ Diet and Predators • Sea Turtles eat tons of

meat sources such as fish, jellyfish, and clams.

• They also devour sea plants and sponges that they get from the bottom of the ocean.

• Predators like raccoons and fox sometimes dig up the sea creatures nest, before they even have a chance to see the world around them.

• Animals such as whales ad dolphins can gobble up these creatures as fast as they can swim.

Lifespan and LifecycleSea Turtles can live to be 80

years old and can some times live longer than humans!

The oldest Sea Turtle ever found was 152 years old; they mature between 20-30 years old.

These speedy swimmers lifecycle goes from an egg to being a… hatchling, juvenile (kid), sub-adult, and finally an adult.

Breaking through the egg can take a couple of days.

Our Swimming Sea FriendsA look at Sea TurtlesA Sea Creature is bornThreatsA Sea Turtle’s Diet and Predators

Lifespan and Lifecycle

Resources “See Sea Turtles” [Online] Available

http://www.seeturtles.org/“Animal Planet” [Online] Available

http://animal.discovery.com/“Field Trip Earth” [Online] Available

http://www.fieldtripearth.org/“Swot” [Online] Available

http://www.seaturtlestatus.org/