petek, 20. september 2013

Sea Turtle Facts for the Children - Discover the the Ancient Creatures

Animals of the Sea
Sea turtles are animals living in the sea. This turtles are ancient animals of the world. Sea turtles are swimming in the seas during the last 100 mil years.
 
Where to Find Sea Turtles?
Only place you aren't able to find sea turtles will be Artic sea, which is to cold for turtles to reside in it. Sea turtles prefer warm seas. Normally they are present in coastal locations for instance lagoons and bays.










 
Exactly how are sea turtles different from land turtles?
In place of legs they have flippers designed for improved swimming. Sea turtles are amazing swimmers and can stay under water for 5 hours. A further difference is that sea turtles can not hide head and flippers in to the shell. This means they're at risk from predator attacks.
 
Just what do sea turtles eat?
The diet of the sea turtles depends on the species but most commonly eaten diet include seaweeds, jellyfish, shrimp, snails, mollusks, crabs, algae and sponges.
 
Sea turtle info

  • At the time of birth the sea turtle are only of 5 cm long but grows up to thesize of 1,5 meters in length.
  • Sea turtles live up to 80 years or even more.
  • The largest hard-shell sea turtles are weighting over 300 kg
  • The shell of the turtle is called the carapace which is streamlined for the purpose of swimming in water.
  • The colorings are different in accordance with their species such as greenish, black and yellow.
  • Eating period of sea turtles is approximately 5 minutes, although they can remain under water approximately 5 long hours.
  • With reducingt heir own pulse, sea turtles spend less air.
  • Sea turtles can easily journey very long ranges when looking for fresh feeding grounds.
  • It truly is depressing to say that sea turtles are endangered species.

Sea Turtle Hatchlings
Considering the fact that sea turtles live mostly under the water, it is challenging to learn their behavior pattern. Habits of sea turtles can be collected mostly from female sea turtles during hatching duration. At the time of laying eggs, the female sea turtle will come to the shore to dig a nest in the earth through the help of their back flippers; they bury their own eggs and go back to the sea. Shortly after a baby turtle gets out of the egg it will make its way to the sea. Female turtles may lay 70 - 190 eggs. Dependant on the species. Through march to october sea turtles will be in the mating season.


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