https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o By: Emma Thomas en-us 2017-05-12 14:32:18 UTC 2023-10-08 05:48:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png ent0409 https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/171501709 The Leatherback Turtle!
Scientific Name: Dermochelys coriacea]]> 2017-05-12 14:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/171501709 ent0409 https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/171502906 2017-05-12 14:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/171502906 ent0409 https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/171503385 This is how big a Leatherback Turtle can get!]]> 2017-05-12 14:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/171503385 ent0409 https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/171503816 2017-05-12 14:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/171503816 ent0409 https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/172801132 Well, they don't live on the land so of course, you find them in the water! The leather back sea turtle mainly nests on the coasts of Florida, but during certain times of the year you can find them right off the coast of North Carolina! 
** Below is a map, and where you see the green is where the leather back sea turtles are known to have be seen within the 20 years.**]]> 2017-05-19 13:33:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/172801132 ent0409 https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/172802552 Because of coastal habitat loss, commercial fishing (they get caught in the nets), and egg poaching, many species of pelagic (ocean- going) turtles are endangered. The leather back turtles are one of the nine species of pelagic turtles that are endangered.]]> 2017-05-19 13:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/172802552 ent0409 https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/172803741 There are multiple ways that humans are trying to keep the leather back turtles for becoming extinct. Scientists are asking net fishing boats to use a turtle excluder device in order to better prevent the turtles from getting caught and dying. Also, scientists are making sure all beaches where leather back sea turtles are best known to nest and lay eggs be protected and all egg harvesting be banned. ]]> 2017-05-19 13:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/172803741 ent0409 https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/172806493 **https://www.fws.gov/nc-es/reptile/leather.html
**http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/biodiversity-and-environmental-halls/hall-of-biodiversity/promos/for-educators/endangered-leatherback-sea-turtle/
**http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/02/0224_030224_seaturtles_2.html]]> 2017-05-19 13:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ent0409/eossgni3vd8o/wish/172806493