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3 facts I learnt about turtles

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3 facts I learnt about turtles

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2 questions I couldn’t answer on turtles

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1 thing I can relate the topic to my personal life

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The Leatherback Sea turtle
Leatherback sea turtles have lived in our oceans for 65 millions years.
They are the largest living turles. They can be up to two metres long and
often weigh more than 300 kilograms. They eat jellyfish and sea plants.
They often live more than 40 years.

Where Leatherbacks Live

Leatherbacks spend almost all their life in the sea. However, females
always return to the beach where they hatched to lay their eggs. They
nest on the beaches in the West Indies, in South America and in West
Africa.

How Leatherbacks Breed

Females come out of the water at night and crawl slowly up the beach.
They dig a hole with their flippers and lay about 70 eggs. Then they
return to the sea. About 60 days later the young turtles hatch and move
quickly towards the water.

Dangers to Leatherbacks
About 25 years ago there were 115,000 female leatherbacks. Now there
are only 25,000. Humans are the greatest danger they face. Poachers
steal their eggs or kill turtles for their meat. Turtles are often caught in
fishing nets. Sometimes people walk on turtle nests by accident and
destroy the eggs.

Protecting Leatherbacks
If Leatherbacks are not protected, soon there will be none left. On many
Caribbean islands there are groups which are taking action. They protect
turtles nest, and look after the young turtles carefully until they are old
enough to survive in the sea.
The turtle rides out
the storms, and
floats through the
hot calms.
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Do you have any
questions about
leatherback
turtles?
Sea turtles can
grow as big as a
barrel.
Sea turtles make
their nursery
among seaweed
and driftwood.
Which sea turtle
is the largest
living turtle?
Why do you
think sea turtles
have survived 65
million years ago
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n living now?