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SEA TURTLES LIFE CYCLE CARD similar mating and reproductive pattern.
The females, which come to shore only to
Help Sea Turtles Survive. There are seven
species of sea turtles. They include the lay eggs (clutches), can Lay anywhere
Flat Back, the Green Sea Turtle, the from 40 to over 200 at a time in a nest they
Hawksbill, Leatherback, Loggerhead, the dig beyond the tide line.
Olive Ridley and Kemp's Ridley. Sea It is exciting to see sea turtles while
turtles can be found all over the world's snorkeling or wading in tide pools. In
oceans, coastal bays and inlets in the Hawaii', the sea turtles are known to
tropic and subtropical waters of the emerge from the sea to bask on the lava.
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Oceans, the Gulf Although it is forbidden to touch them, it
of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea. is possible to get close-up views of these
Owing to the many threats that sea turtles very special creatures that can live well
face worldwide, it is estimated that less over 100 years. Popular places to find sea
than 1 in 1000 sea turtles survive to turtles: Florida, North & South Carolina,
adulthood and mate. the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas the
Caribbean, Hawaii, Mexico. The turtle
Among the many threats to the sea turtles
are things you might expect pollution and card measure (H x L) 6" x 9" (15.24cm x
pollutants, habitat degradation through 22.9cm), is printed on laminated plastic so
coastal development, boat strikes, and that it is stiff, shiny and waterproof. It has
entanglement in marine debris that can a hole for a lanyard, so you can actually
cause accidental drowning. But there are take it diving or snorkeling. Card makes a
others, including ingestion of marine great gift idea.
debris, harassment, and poaching. In the ST. KITSS & NEVIS REEF
United States, the National Marine CREATURES FISH ID CARD
Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. This is the handiest, most informative fish
Fish and Wildlife Service retain card! How could over 100 species of
jurisdiction over the laws and policies tropical Caribbean reef creatures be
related to sea turtles. And all but the Flat packed into one little (H x L) 5.5" x 8.5"
Back and Olive Ridley can be found in the (14cm x 21.6cm) fish card? And yet they
state of Florida. Green Turtles can be do fit, so beautifully too and that on one
spotted on the southeast and southwest side! This is an economical, fish card for
coasts of the United States. The Flat Back, St. Kitts and Nevis, features a huge variety
however, is only found in Australia. As of reef creatures. They include the
not all turtle species are found in every graceful giant manta ray, the tiny fairy
area, which species you can see depends basslet, the large groupers, the colorful
on where you go. Sea Turtles all share a
