Transcript The Endangered Green Sea Turtle

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Green Sea Turtles are endangered.
There is less than 1000 Green Sea Turtles
remaining on Earth. There use to be over
6000 million Green Sea Turtles that lived on
Earth.
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Illegal Sea Turtle Shell Trade
 Commercial Fishing
 Beach Activities
 Marine Pollution
 Oil Spills
 Climate Change
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Humans kill Green Sea Turtles Illegally to
trade the shell for valuable items.
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Many Green Sea Turtles are kill by being
trapped in shrimp trawls, long lines, and gill
nets.
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Baby Green Sea Turtles can get run over or
stepped on.
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Green Sea Turtles are killed because marine
pollution affects their food and they get
fibropapillomas, a disease that turtles can
get.
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Oil spills pollute chemicals, fertilizers and
petroleum all contribute to water pollution
which leads to marine pollution.
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Climate change affects nesting beaches.
Beaches are starting to disappear because of
the water level being to high. This decreases
the number of baby Green Sea Turtles being
born. Female Green Sea Turtles lay eggs on
the same beach they were born on.
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Green sea turtles are one of the oldest living
creatures on earth. They already exist in the
earth since the time of the dinosaurs.
They live In the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean,
and many more oceans around the world.
The turtles' skin was tanned and used to
make handbags in Hawaii.
Green Sea Turtles were important to humans.
Green sea turtles swim at 1.6–1.9 mph.
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The Green Sea Turtle’s natural enemies are
humans, sharks, crabs, marine mammals, and
shore birds.
Green Sea Turtles can weigh up to about 400
pounds.
The Green Sea Turtle’s favorite foods are
sponges, tunicates, shrimp, and squid.
Green Sea Turtles use their shells to protect
themselves.
Green Sea Turtles lay eggs when they are
about 25 years old.