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Seaturtles: Cheloniidae - Diet

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Most seaturtles are primarily meat eaters. Their diets are made up of a variety of marine, or sea, animals, including fishes; snails and other mollusks (MAH-lusks), or animals with a soft, unsegmented body covered by a shell; barnacles and other crustaceans (krus-TAY-shuns), or animals with a soft, segmented body covered by a shell; and certain sponges and sea urchins. The green seaturtle is the only member of the family that is known to prefer eating plants. Sea grasses make up the majority of its diet.

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