Land Turtle Research Paper

Logger Head Turtles are primarily carnivores for most of their lives, meaning they mainly eat other animals (Marine Bio, 2015). Hatchlings mostly eat sponges, jellyfish, sargassum weed, small gastropods and crustaceans (Marine Bio, 2015). Juveniles, sub-adults and adults feed on conch, clams, horseshoe crabs, as well as other crustaceans (Marine Bio, 2015). As the turtles grow, their jaws get stronger (Harrison, 2005). This helps them to eat much firmer food such as Horseshoe crabs and clams (Harrison, 2005). The loggerhead turtle sexual maturity is reached between 22 to 27 years of age (Environment, 2001). While it is not clear how long a juvenile loggerhead turtle will stay in the open ocean, once it moves to its feeding

In particular, one of these seven species is comprised of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). The largest of all hard-shelled turtles, loggerheads have massive heads, strong jaws, and a reddish-brown shell, or carapace. Their front flippers are short and thick with 2 claws, while the rear flippers can have 2 or 3 claws. Loggerhead hatchlings have a dark-brown carapace with pale brown flippers. According to National Geographic (2015), adult males reach about three feet (nearly one meter) in shell length and weigh about 250 pounds (113 kilograms), but large specimens of more than 1,000 pounds (454 kilograms) have been found. They are primarily carnivores, munching jellyfish, conchs, crabs, and even fish, but will eat seaweed occasionally. They prefer to feed in coastal bays and estuaries, as well as the shallow water along the continental shelves of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

After reading and learning about Western Painted Turtles It would be interesting to get one. Western painted turtles aren’t only interesting but they are also beautiful because of their natural colors. I loved learning about these turtles because I have always liked turtles but never knew what they were really about, how they lived, and what they are capable of. These turtles may be small but they can do crazy things. I didn’t know a turtle could walk across the highway, but they sure do. The articles said they will do what it takes when it comes to laying their eggs because they are very picky about where they are laid. I also didn’t know that turtles could manage their heartbeat. I thought that was a fun interesting fact. I never knew Colorado

Taylor decided to look for the woman that once gave Turtle to her. She got some information of the man who was still working in that same bar where she met the nervous woman. He informed Turtle that she goes sometimes always accompanying a dominant man. Taylor finally talked to the woman and realized that she is actually Turtle’s aunt. She even told Taylor the bad experiences Turtle has suffered at a young age. Secretly, the woman helped Taylor with her adoption, thus, Turtle who real name is April became Taylor’s legal daughter. She returned to Tucson with Lou Ann and Dwayne Ray and got some shocking information about Esperanza and Estevan. They decided to return to her homeland Guatemala with the loved and closed friends. But more

The scientific name for the green turtle is Chelonia Mydas and they are a reptile that can grow up to anywhere from 3ft to 5ft. The green turtles typically weigh anywhere from 150 lbs. to 400 lbs. and have an average life span about 75 to 80 years. The green turtles evolved on land and descended to the sea to live about 150 million years ago, which makes them one of the species that have witnessed the dinosaur’s extinction.

When my brother and me were little we would get baby soft shell turtles from the River and keep them as pets.

Kemp's Ridley sea turtles are fascinating. Not many animals lay 200-300 eggs a year and are still considered endangered. Even though Kemp's Ridley sea turtles lay many eggs their population is small, how can this be?

The author starts the passage by introducing the old belief which is “skillful deep diving animals are always marine mammals,” and states that that’s not an accurate statement using the evidence from his research. In the second paragraph, he talks about how active the leatherback turtles are. Then connect the fact that leatherback turtles rarely stop swimming to the methods of studying them at sea used by researchers. From paragraph 4 to paragraph 5, the author suggests the reason for incessant diving of the leatherback turtle. Lastly, the author proved his hypothesis on reason for continuous diving of leatherback turtles, providing additional circumstantial evidence.

The loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) distributed in all of the world’s tropical and temperate oceans, consists of 10 subpopulations based on biological and geographical traits. In 2013, 6 of 10 subpopulations have been assessed to estimate global population trend based on 3-generation change (approximately 10-50 years) of nest number as proxies of abundance. The result revealed that 5 of 6 subpopulations show a positive trend (North West Atlantic, Mediterranian, South West Atlantic, South West Indian, and North Pasific) and only one (North West Indian) show opposite trend. However, since North West Indian subpopulation is the second largest nesting population and contributes to a third global population, thus altogether, global population

The sea animal that I choose for my art project was the Hawksbill Turtle. This sea turtle is a very endangered sea turtle. The hawksbill Turtle belongs to the Cheloniidae family. The Hawksbill is the only surviving specie in the genus Eretmochelys. It's scientific name is eretmochelys imbricata. The hawksbill turtle are very solitary there whole life. Hey only meet with other turtles to mate. The sea turtle is very important because the help maintain the health of coral reefs. I choose this animal because i think that turtle are a very cute animal. I choose the hawksbill turtle because when i was searching for an endangered sea turtle i saw the hawksbill and it just caught my eye. When I first saw it i thought to my self this turtle is

Sea turtles can be very interesting. There are seven different kinds of sea turtles. Three of them are the Loggerhead, Leatherback, and the Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles. The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle Is endangered along with another 3 species of turtles. They are also th the smallest of all the sea turtles. They only measure about 2 feet in height and only weigh about 100 pounds as adults. When they are born they are almost black and are only about 2 inches big. They reach maturity at about 12 years old. The Leatherback is the largest living turtle. The reach about 3.9-6.2 ft and weigh around 441-1116 pounds.The have dark shells with lighter spots. They are called leatherbacks because their shells are leather and not as hard as other sea turtles. A Loggerhead turtles grown to be about 350 pounds. They are called loggerhead turtles because they have big heads and very

Assessing the efficacy of direct conservation interventions: clutch protection of the leatherback marine turtle in the Dominican Republic

A long time ago, there was a person named Turtle. Turtle was a good person and a good friend. I knew Turtle for not the LONGEST time because he left by his own choice. Sometimes I think, did Turtle even worry about anything when was thinking of going away for good? Did he have more bad things than good things in his life to do what he did? What I’m talking about is that well, Turtle committed suicide. I’ve never think that someone close to me would ever kill themselves. I mean think about it having a family or friend having so much sadness in their lives that they would take away their own lives. This story isn’t going to be about me sad or showing you how to be. This story is about how I meet Turtle and how I lost Turtle.

The current status of the Green sea turtle has been deemed endangered, due to the reckless behavior of fishermen, poachers and the disturbance of their nesting homes. According to the Sea Turtle Restoration Project5 “Ancient ocean dwellers, sea turtles have lived on the Earth for 150 million years, since before the time of the dinosaurs.” Even though Green sea turtles are endangered, they have lived on this planet longer than humans have. Author Carl Sofia2 states that for hundreds of millions of years, turtles swam in a world without people while currently their endangerment has become a nationwide economic issue. This particular topic is important because Green sea turtles are beneficial to the ocean and its inhabitants. NOAA1 discovered that “Adult green sea turtles are unique among sea turtles in that they only eat plants; they are herbivorous feeding primarily on sea grasses and algae.” This diet is beneficial to the ocean because they keep sea grass along the ocean floor short. Marine biologists of the Sea Turtle Conservancy6 declared that, “Sea turtles and manatees act as grazing animals that cut the grass short and help maintain the health of the sea grass beds. Over the past decades, there has been a decline in sea grass beds. This decline may be linked to the low numbers of sea turtles.” While scientist and environmentalist declare overfishing as one of the most important issues, the continuous endangerment of Green sea turtles are more important because they’re

land snails inhabit 5ive contents and the Antarctic is not one of them. These slimy creatures even the aquatic snails live in almost every habitat, the following are a few habitats: forests, freshwater ponds/lakes, oceans, arctic oceans, deserts, and backyard gardens. Though some snails live in the deserts, such as the Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica), most land snails like very humid locations. However water snails need to be in water most of the time.