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Albino Sea Turtle

Human Impact

Humans have impacted the sea turtle population a lot.

humans have killed many of them for many different reasons like fishing, eating, and many more ways.

By: Malena Doop

Humans help them with organizations that save sea turtles.

Source: conserveturtles.org

Reproduction

They mate, the male has claws to hold on to the females shells. when the female is ready she digs a hole in the san and lays her eggs.

Internal fertalization

the usually live in groups and usually don't take car of thier young.

They have more than one mate usually.

source: seaworld.org

Information

A Sea Turtle is both ecto and edothermic

Some migrate and some don't but the one above does

Diet

Sea turtles have special paddle like flippers to help them swim. The also have a lung compacity that exceeds over 50% to help them stay in water longer.

Out of every 500,000 sea turtles hatched only 1-2 are born albino, so not many are in the wild.

The sea turtle above eats plant material so it is an herbivore. It mainly eats sea grass and algae.

Source:

Seaworld.org

www.boi.davidson.edu.

Classification

Habitat

Kingdom= Animila

Phylum=Chordata

Class=Reptillia

Order=Testudiries

Suborder=Cryptodira

Family=Cheloniidae

Genus=Chelonia

Species=Mydas

Lives in the Ocean

Stays mostly in shallow coastal waters, bays,lagoons, testuaries, and some also venture out into the open sea.

Atlantic ocean, gulf of mexico, mediterranean sea, and indo-pacific

source: Seaworld.org

Source: Seaworld.org