life of SEA TURTLEs Sea turtles are one of the Earth’s most ancient creatures. The seven species that can be found today have been around for 110 million years, since the time of dinosaurs.
7 SEA TURTLE SPECIES
Leatherbacks are Vulnerable
Greens are Endangered
Olive Ridley are Vulnerable
Flatbacks are Data Deficient
Kemps Ridley are Critically Endangered
Loggerheads are Endangered
Hawksbills are Critically Endangered
LEATHERBACKS
OLIVE RIDLEY
Lives in the North and South Poles, easts jellyfish and weighs 2,000 pounds
Lives in shallow coastal areas, eats crabs and jellyfish and weighs 80 pounds
GREENS
LOGGERHEADS
Lives in warm, coastal waters, eats sponges, jellyfish and seagrass and weighs 300 pounds
Lives in warm, tropical waters, eats sea snails and coral, and weighs 300 pounds
HAWKSBILLS
KEMPS RIDLEY
Lives in Coral Reefs, eats sponges, sea cucumbers and crabs, and weighs 200 pounds
Lives in Shallow Coastal areas, eats crabs, jellyfish and mollusks, and weighs 100 pounds
FLATBACKS Lives in coastal coral reefs and grassy shallows, eats jellyfish, mollusks, and prawns, and weighs 200 pounds
DUE TO
6 OUT OF 7 ARE ENDANGERED
Fishing Gear
Plastic Pollution
Illegal Poaching
Coastal Development
1 in 1,000
0.001% Survive
will survive to adulthood
ONLY
90 % 90% of hatchinlings do not survive more than one year
Global Warming
SEA TURTLE LIFE CYCLE It all starts here
Eggs take 8 to 10 weeks to mature
Turtles return to their original birth site to breed (Lays approximately 110 eggs per nest)
After hatching, baby turtles race towards the sea
They then migrate to adult foraging areas until ready to breed (Every 2-8 Years)
Turtles spend several years in passive migration (6-20 Years) Turtles migrate to nearshore waters to mature (15-50 Years)