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Chapter 9: Sea turtles Did you know

Physical Description

Sea turtles have sharp claws This turtle is using it’s flippers to swim.

Sea turtles have strong jaws with sharp ridges. Sea turtles have two claws on their front and back flippers. Sea turtle males are much longer and thicker.

By not littering on the beach.

Diet Sea turtles are carnivores. They eat fish, crab, sponges, sea cucumbers. Sea turtles eat fish

eggs , sea grass, small sea jellies, coral, crab, shrimp, mollusk , snails.


Behaviors Sea turtles dig holes, go onshore to

Habitat

nest, lays eggs, lays

Sea turtles live in coral reefs,

about 50 to 100

oceans, and lagoons.

eggs.

The sea turtles are onshore.

Why This Animal Is Endangered

People pick them up, sell there eggs, put nets on them, losses there habitat, eggs crushed by cars, tourist walk on the beach, people litter on the beach.


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