My Sea Turtle Padlet by Marcus Huizinga

My Sea Turtle Is....

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A Olive Ridley

behavoir

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olive ridley are found in the eastern pacific have a more "levetated" carapee

habitat

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open ocean they nest on the pacific shores of the american tropics as well as the Indian ocean and along the northeast coast of south america

physical characteristics

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all most round shell olive/gray ish green color between 5-9 pairs of lateral scutes 4 prefrontal scales 4 pairs inframarginal scutes size 2 to 2.5 feet 62 to 70 cm

reproduction

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typically nest 1 to 3 times per season producing 100 to 110 eggs on each occasion

diet

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olive ridley eat crabs shrimp rock lobsters and jelly fish and they are a omnivore

causes of death

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unkown amount of time they live but other like other turtles they are likely long lived marine pollution and debris also includes oil spill

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