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The rest of life:
Adult females will lay almost 100 eggs every year at the beach they first hatched on. They will travel averages of 7,000 miles every year.

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Years 1-2:
When growing up, Leatherbacks make their way to the feeding grounds in the north. They gorge themselves with sea jellies along the way, building up body mass for the long journeys ahead.

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First few Months:
Only about 25% of the newborn turtles will make it to the open ocean, and only about .1% will reach adulthood.

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Again, there is no correlation between the temperature of the ocean and the path 107678 takes to the United Kingdom. However, like the phytoplankton, the destination and starting location are both significantly warmer than the path taken. This makes sense as to why the Leatherback Sea Turtle has evolved to had a insulated rubbery hide, as it has to traverse the cold open ocean in the Atlantic very often.

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It does not appear that 107678's path is affected by masses of phytoplankton along the way, but its starting point and destination had large concentrations of phytoplankton, which leads me to believe that the breeding and feeding grounds locations are based mostly on the amount of small prey that can be found there.

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107678's path to the feeding grounds is very closely connected to the shallowest points of the Mid-Atlantic ridge. This most likely means that the most common prey of Leatherback turtles, free-floating sea nettles and jellyfish, like to congregate near the shallower sections of the open ocean.

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The Leatherback Sea Turtle I chose to research, subject 107678, made its journey from Venezuela to the United Kingdom over the course of over almost half a year. It traveled almost 4,000 miles in it's journey to return to the food-rich waters of the northern atlantic after laying its eggs on the shore Venezuela.

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The Leatherback Sea Turtle is one of the largest reptiles to currently live in the ocean, and the largest turtle alive. It reaches adulthood with an average length of 7ft and an average weight of 2,000 pounds. Unlike most other turtles, the Leatherback has a tough, rubbery skin enveloping shell. Leatherback turtles migrate long distances just to eat or breed, and can make these journeys as often as every year. While male Leatherbacks will spend their entire lives in the ocean from the moment they hatch and reach the waves, females will return to the beaches where where they were born to lay more eggs every year. To survive this journey through the cold waters of the northern atlantic, Leatherback sea turtles have large, blubbery bodies and can regulate their body heat with their large bodies by accelerating their blood flow to their appendages.