You have never seen pictures of sea turtles as amazing as these, they are breathtaking!!
There are seven different species of sea turtles, the Green Sea Turtles, Flatback Sea Turtles, Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles, Hawksbill Sea Turtles, Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Leatherback Sea Turtles and the Olive Ridley Sea Turtles. But all species are as magnificent as the other.
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Did you know that turtles can remain under water for up to five hours. The achieve this by slowing their heart to reserve oxygen.
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Sea turtles usually return to the same nesting grounds at which they were born. The females bury their young on shore and leave them to hatch and fend for themselves from birth.
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Turtles have similar lifespans to humans and usually live between 50 and 70 years of age.
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Sea turtles have been around for 100 million years but due to thousands getting accidentally caught by in fishing nets every year, their numbers are declining quickly.
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