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Facts About Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
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Alex Small, 1B Biology
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Their diet consists of sea urchins, algae/seaweed, jellyfish, mollusks, and crustaceans such as crabs and shrimp.
- Hatchlings wander into open-ocean sargassum weed and graze.
- They change color and reach maturity at age 12-13.
- Adults mate and nest offshore.
- Gender determination is influenced by temperature during incubation (they will probably be male if it is below 29.5 degrees Celsius).
HABITAT
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
- Hatchlings travel to open ocean areas and are sometimes pulled out into the Atlantic by currents.
- Adults return to sandy or muddy shores in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
- They are around 70 cm long and 40 kg in weight.
- Adults' shells are an olive-grey color while their underbodies are yellow-white.
- Hatchlings are almost completely dark grey-black.
- They have a beak and flipper-like front limbs for swimming.
3 UNIQUE FACTS
EXTINCTION/ENDANGERED STATUS
DIET
- Kemp's Ridley is one of the smallest sea turtles in the world.
- It is critically endangered and the rarest sea turtle alive.
- They can live as long as 80 years.
The Kemp's Ridley Sea Turlte is critically endangered.
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REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY
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WORKS CITED
TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
"Turtle Eating Jelly Fish." YouTube. YouTube, 19 Jan. 2011. Web. 09 May 2013.
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