Sea turtle

You know, the turtle is one of the oldest organisms of the planet? They appear in the world's oceans on more than 2 million 200 thousand years ago, even in the birth of the dinosaurs!

1. In the understanding of the turtle

The turtles are reptiles, is a group of similar shape, and the turtle in terrestrial and freshwater turtles or three. Other turtles live in the ground, can not put the turtle's head and feet in tomorrow. They have four legs, like the roof (genus) activities of the main ch o.th C eating turtle including seaweed, sea jellyfish soft animal, crabs, and foam (sponge ball N).

Sea turtles live in where?

Most of the turtles live in tropical regions on the equator, in addition to a leatherback turtle may live in the temperate regions of the seawater temperature is low. They live in the carpet ocean, coral reefs and coastal areas of the tortoise. You can sleep in the sea water, deep water or hidden in the waters near the bottom of the rocky coast. Many divers saw turtles sleep in rock reef and coral reefs.

The turtle's life cycle

In the natural environment is stable, the turtle's life cycle can have a very long turtle life can reach 80 years.

Sea turtles migrate (sometimes hundreds of thousands of kilometers) from food to feed and then back to the parking lot. The sea turtles swim on the beach during breeding. They just leave the water come ashore to lay their eggs. The nest is used to dig the turtle is about 70-190 and the egg. Six turtle eggs hatch to 10 weeks, depending on the natural conditions.

Your tortoise sex depends on the temperature on the beach where they were born in the 30 ~ C Main turtle, on the contrary in the 30 ~ C tortoise. The tortoise children born to orientation, swim back The direction of the sea, began a long journey

They moved to live in the depths of the sea, until she was 5-10 years old, about 20 centimeters in size - with a new hard disk, the depths of the little turtle from the sea, back to the shores of the sea and living near or on coral reefs. The grass, sea service. There are many threats, you should only about 1000-10000 turtles in adulthood.

When they begin the breeding process of adult turtles, turtles and migrate to the public. The beach close to where they were born to children. When the direction of migration ability of sea turtles to remember their place of birth, the reason I choose turtle farm, there are still many mysteries scientists are not found.

2. How many species of sea turtles?

At present, the world's 7 species of sea turtles all the names. The seven have some interesting stories:

Field management or play or head (loggerhead) has a name, so it's very big head.

Tortoise (hawksbill) because the name is like a small and large mine on their heads (Eagle).

Leatherback sea turtles (leatherback) is the only one with no tomorrow. This is called the leatherback turtle because tomorrow is thin, tough, resilient ability. This is the world's largest turtle.

Leatherback turtles can use a big car

The green turtle (Olive Ridley) tomorrow (green olive cream).

Parlama turtle aka green (green) is different, as well as its name, because the fat under the skin, tomorrow is blue.

Tomorrow (flatback flat turtle) name, because they have a flat tomorrow.

The tortoise named Kemp Ridley Richard Kemp has been found in species and research.

Seven in the list of Species Conservation International Red Book, prohibit hunting and trade in most countries.

Image: the World Conservation Union

Image: the World Conservation Union

The sea turtle is "angel" because each turtle has a different role in the ecological system [1], such as survival:

Parlama (green turtle) to help maintain the good