Sea Turtle Nesting The number of sea turtle nests has been increasing over time in recent years on the coast of Florida. The difference in the number is up by thousands and is a positive change for the almost endangered sea turtles. With the data collected from Palm Beach County it shows results causing record year numbers. In Palm Beach County‚ Loggerhead had a record year with a total of 33‚829 nest. Green Sea Turtles had 1‚582 nests in Palm Beach County and state wide had about 5‚393 nests
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Connors Mr. Jones Marine Science 22 November 2013 Loggerhead Sea Turtle The Loggerhead Sea Turtle is a beautiful creature that many marine biologists in today’s world love to study. It is the world’s largest hard shelled turtle‚ belonging to family Cheloniidae. Its scientific name is Caretta Caretta. The Loggerhead can be found all around the world in many different habitats. Although they are the most abundant marine turtle in the U.S.‚ they have been on the threatened species list since
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Leatherback sea turtle. It is also referred to as the leathery turtle‚ lute turtle‚ or the trunkback turtle. The scientific name for the Leatherback sea turtle is Dermochelys Coriacea. Dermochelys is the Greek word for skin and turtle. More specifically‚ skin is derived from the word dermos and turtle comes from chelys. Coriacea is from the Latin corium meaning leather. The Leatherback sea turtle got its name because it is insufficient of the typical hard boney plates on the top of a turtles’ shell.
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Green Sea Turtles Green Sea Turtles are very unique‚ kind and harmless creatures. Although‚ some people do not understand their harmfulness. Many people‚ such as poachers‚ want to kill sea turtles for their meat‚ eggs and shell. Fortunately‚ people have started organizations that help and track sea turtles. Green sea turtles‚ also known as Pacific Green Sea Turtles‚ Black Sea Turtles and Chelonia Mydas‚ their scientific name‚ belong to a scientific group called Cheloniidae‚ a group of sea turtles
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hawksbill sea turtle is a critically endangered reptile and only comes to land to lay theeggs. The hawksbill sea turtle as a unique physical structure and lives mostly in tropical coral reefs of the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. This animal mainly eats sponges and may sometimes go deeper to hunt for small squid. The hawksbill turtle got its name for its hawk like beak(S1). Did you know that the hawksbill sea turtle can change colors(S16)?!?! This proves that the hawksbill sea turtle has many different
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The Leatherback Sea Turtle is one of the most unique species out of all of the turtle species. This beautiful turtle species is critically endangered and their population is decreasing drastically. The Leatherbacks amazing features are taken for granted causing the endangerment. Their valuable leather is one reason for endangerment. Another factor is the waste produced from the daily use of boats. Throughout the life of the Leatherback Sea Turtle we will cover multiple different topics. These topics
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The Green Sea Turtle. Introduction: The Green Sea Turtle is one of only 7 species of sea turtle‚ with all being in danger of becoming extinct. It is one of the largest sea turtles and has the highest migratory area. This report will cover from its physical description through to the specific role that it plays in the environment‚ as well as solutions to bring the creature to a least concern of extinction. Animal Profile: The Green Sea Turtle’s carapace (shell) has a mottled brown top‚ with
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Introduction The Green Sea Turtle is endangered. They are also cold blooded. Green Sea Turtles have a scientific name called the Cheonia Mydas. Would you think the shell is green? It’s the fat it’s green if you were wondering. These turtles are types of turtles that eat meat and plants. They are called omnivores. Description Did you know these turtles have four flippers two in the front and two in back? They use the front two flippers to help them swim. They use the back two flippers to dig a
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Student Name: Sammi Zheng 12-04-12 | Green Sea Turtle TAXONOMY | Domain | Eukaryota | Kingdom | Animalia | Phylum | Chordata | Class | Reptilla | Order | Testudines | Family | Cheloniidae | Genus | Chelonia | Species | Two names (Genus and species - Italicize scientific name) Chelonia Mydas | | What is the Endangered Species Act status for this species (Endangered or Threatened)
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The leatherback turtle is one of the most unique sea turtles; it ’s almost completely pelagic‚ migrates impossible distances and is the largest turtle in the world. And it ’s disappearing. The Endangered Species Act has put the Leatherback on the map‚ but the road to recovery is uncertain for this gentle giant. The plan covers the breeding populations within the US‚ and parts of Mexico‚ but most of the Central America‚ Southeast Asia and the Pacific Island populations are struggling and close
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