1. Sea Turtles

2. Green Sea Turtle Habitat: Tropical and Subtropical waters
Where found: Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Lifespan: 80 years or older
Diet: sea grasses and algae
Young eat crabs, jellyfish, and sponges
Size: up to 5 feet and up to 700 pounds
Heaviest sea turtle in the world

3. Green Sea Turtle cont. Can’t pull its head back into its shell
Have flippers that look like paddles makes them powerful and graceful swimmers
Shell is normally brown or olive colored
Named for the color of its skin
Mates every 2-4 years

4. Hawksbill Sea Turtle Habitat: tropical waters
Where found: along coastlines in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean
Lifespan: years
Diet: sponges, algae, clams, crabs, sea urchins, fish, jellyfish
Size: 2-4 feet
pounds

5. Hawksbill Sea Turtle cont.
Heads end in a sharp point which gives them their name
Normally found near coral reefs lots of sponges
Young hawksbill are unable to dive deep into the water spend their early years floating at the surface

6. Leatherback Sea Turtle
Habitat: tropic and temperate waters
Where found: Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, Mediterranean Sea
Lifespan: average of 45 years
Diet: jellyfish, small fish
Size: up to 7ft and weight up to 2,000 pounds
Largest sea turtle in world

7. Leatherback Sea Turtle cont.
Has a flexible shell that is rubbery to the touch
Can dive deeper than any other turtle (4,200ft)
Can stay down for 85 minutes (1hr 25mins)
Able to maintain body temperature in cold waters with large body size and thick layer of fat
Temperature inside age determines gender of hatchling

9. Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Habitat: temperate sub-tropical and tropical waters
Where found: in bays, lagoons, salt marshes, or the open ocean of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans
Lifespan: up to 50 years
Diet: clams, crabs, shrimp, fish
Young eat algae
Size: 3 feet
250 pounds

10. Loggerhead Sea Turtle cont.
Powerful jaws are designed to crush their food
Allows them to eat hard-shelled prey
Named for their large heads
Nest on open beaches