How sea turtles grow into adults
The sea turtle is a threatened species that has been on Earth for 150 million years. It takes approximately 20 years for a turtle to grow to be a breeding adult.
The female turtle lays approximately 50 - 200 eggs on the beach. After she lays the eggs the female covers the eggs up with sand and then she leaves them. About six weeks later the eggs will hatch while 20 % are left behind and never hatch.
Once the baby sea turtles hatch from the eggs there will be other species such as predators waiting to hunt them down such as crabs, birds,and rubbish. After they reach the sea approximately only 50% will survive the journey to the sea.Babies sea turtles are approximately the same size of our palm.
Osnce the sea turtles babies reaches the sea they try and find hiding places such as seaweed because their are many more predator waiting for them in the sea. 50% of babies that do make it into the sea, die from these animals and objects.
Lastly the female turtle start breeding at age 20 although they can live for 80 years.Once a female turtle is ready to lay her eggs she crawls on to the beach and digs a hole in the sand so that she can lay her eggs there. Finally the sea turtle life cycle will start all over again.
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