SEA TURTLE
Sea Turtles are reptiles
that live at sea and breed by laying eggs or ovipar, they breathe with
lungs. Sea Turtles can be found in all oceans of the world, they are
thought to have been on earth over 100 million years ago, or the same age as the
dinosaurs. Therefore sea turtle also known as living fossils.
Sea Turtle has a strong
shell to protect their bodies from predators. Its tail is short, and large
body. Ear sea turtle can not be seen, but they have eardrums covered by
skin. Therefore they can hear low frequency sounds well and their sense of
smell is also amazing. They can also see well in the water. The most
obvious difference between a turtle with a sea turtle is a sea turtle can not
pull threatened his head into the shell
if it fells threatened
Sea Turtle takes
approximately 15-50 years to be able to perform marriages. During the
period of mating, male sea turtles attract females by rubbing his head or
biting the female's neck. Sea Turtle males rarely return to shore after they
hatch. Only the female sea turtle who will ride to the mainland or the
beach to lay their eggs in holes covered with sand. Sea Turtle goes to
incubate their eggs to the beach where they were first born. Cycle lay
eggs varies between 2-8 years. That are laying sea turtles are often seen
tears, when in fact they took out excessive salts in the body. Some sea
turtles can stop the process of laying eggs when they are disturbed or feel in
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Therefore, do not disturb the sea turtle
was laying eggs. Of the hundreds of eggs
released a female turtle, at most only a dozen hatchlings (baby turtles) who
made it to the sea again and grow up. It did not take into account the factors
of hunting by humans and natural predators such as crabs, birds and rodents on
the beach, and fish so big it touches deep water dive.
Sea
Turtle include carnivore or meat-eating animals. Usually they eat small fish and jellyfish.
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