Green Sea Turle
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
GREEN SEA TURTLE
By: Raven Nardi and Jayme Raymark
BODY SIZE AND STRUCTURE
- Their main body protectant is their shell, it's hard, like bone, and serves as a protectant from their surroundings .
- Their back is know as the Dorsal, their belly is the ventral.
- Counter shading of the shell conceals the turtle from predators.
HUNTING OR FEEDING HABITS/STRATEGIES
- They are herbivors, they eat only plants.
- They don't pose a threat to other sea life.
- Juvenile turtles are carnivorous, eat jellyfish and other invertebrates.
- Their jaws are finely serrated which aids them in tearing vegetation.
- http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DmNOsOm0JiE
RAISING YOUNG
- Nest in intervals of about every two years. About 3-5 times a season.
- Lays an average of 115 eggs in each nest.
- The eggs hatch around 60 days.
- The mother isn't there when the eggs hatch.
- Hatchlings must find their own way to the ocean.
SEASONAL BEHAVIOR CHANGES
- Spend most of their lives in the water.
- Not information can be gathered because of where they stay.
PREFERRED HABITAT
- Mainly stay near the coastline, and around islands.
- Especially in areas were there's tons of seagrass beds.
- They are rarely found in the open water.
RANGE OF POPULATION AND DISTRIBUTION
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SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
- Turtle Excluder Device
- Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna
- Also known as C.I.T.E.S.
- http://www.cites.org
- http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/turtles/teds.htm
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HOW MANY ARE STILL AROUND?
- Protected under the Hawaii State Law
- Less than 200,000 in existence as of 2013
REASON FOR POPULATION DECLINE
- Main reason is commercial harvest for eggs and meat.
- Fibropapillomatosis, tumors of skin and internal organs.
- Incidental take from channel dredging and commercial fishing operations.
- Hunted for their shells and leathery skin.
