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Seaturtles: Cheloniidae - Physical Characteristics, Diet, Behavior And Reproduction, Conservation Status, Green Seaturtle (chelonia Mydas): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, SEA TURTLES AND PEOPLE

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GREEN SEATURTLE (Chelonia mydas): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (Caretta caretta): SPECIES ACCOUNTS

Seaturtles inhabit all the oceans of the world and the Mediterranean Sea.

These turtles live in saltwater from the tropics to areas with mild climates well north and south of the equator, the imaginary circle around Earth that is midway between the poles. They are more common close to shore than far out to sea, and they feed and nest at sites along the coastlines on continental shelves, or shallow plains forming the borders of continents.

Humans have long sought seaturtles and seaturtle eggs as food. Some people make the eggshells into trinkets. Adult leatherback seaturtles are also prized for their skins.

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Seaturtles: Cheloniidae - Physical Characteristics

Seaturtles: Cheloniidae - Diet

Seaturtles: Cheloniidae - Behavior And Reproduction

Perhaps the most famous behavior of seaturtles is migration (my-GRAY-shun). An individual seaturtle may travel hundreds of miles to go from its feeding area to its nesting site and back. Usually, the feeding grounds are in temperate waters, which are neither very warm nor very cold; the nesting areas, on the other hand, are in tropical waters, which are very warm. The distance between the two plac…

Seaturtles: Cheloniidae - Conservation Status

Seaturtles: Cheloniidae - Green Seaturtle (chelonia Mydas): Species Accounts

Physical characteristics: The green seaturtle is dark brown to black, with a whitish underside. This turtle gets its name from the color of its body fat, which is green from their diet of algae (AL-jee), or tiny, plantlike growths that live in water. The upper shell of this large turtle can measure 5 feet (1.5 meters) in length, and the turtle itself can weigh as much as 750 pounds (340 kilograms)…

Seaturtles: Cheloniidae - Loggerhead Turtle (caretta Caretta): Species Accounts

Physical characteristics: The loggerhead turtle has a short head that is wide at the rear and rounded at the front. It is the largest seaturtle, with a carapace up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) long and a weight of half a ton (454 kilograms). It has a hard shell with a keel, or upper ridge, down the middle and large, flipper-like front limbs. The upper shell is reddish brown to greenish, and the lower sh…

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im doing a project on sea turtles and on this website i still dont know what they eat what are its friends,enemies and so on all i know from this site is they live in salt water i need a little more than that thank you....