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TOP 10 FANTASTIC FACTS ABOUT MARINE TURTLES
NUMBER 1. 1. THERE ARE SEVEN SPECIES OF MARINE TURTLE
Marine turtles were around more than 100 million years ago - and lived alongside dinosaurs. These days, scientists recognize seven species of the marine turtle:
a.Hawksbill
b.Loggerhead
c.Leatherback
d.Olive ridley
eGreen
f.Flatback
kemp's ridley
Six of these are threatened with extinction, and there's simply not enough information on the flatback to know how at risk they are.
2. TURTLES DON’T HAVE TEETH
They use their beak-like mouth to grasp their food. This beak is made of keratin (the same stuff your fingernails are made of).
3. THEY’RE WELL ‘ARD
Turtle shells are made of over 50 bones fused together - so they're literally wearing their bones on the outside. They also have light, spongy bones that help them float.
4. THEIR YOUNG LIVES ARE A MYSTERY
The first few years of a marine turtle’s life are known as the ‘lost years. That’s because the time between when the hatchlings emerge until they return to coastal shallow waters to forage is incredibly difficult to study. The lost years they spend at sea – which can be up to 20 years – largely remain a mystery to us.
5. THEY CAN BE GINORMOUS
Marine turtle species vary greatly in size. The smallest, Kemp’s ridley, measure around 70cm long and weigh up to 40kg, whilst the leatherback can reach up to 180cm long and weigh 500kg. That’s over 10 times heavier! Amazingly, Wales holds the world record for the largest marine turtle ever found. In 1988, a leatherback was found ashore measuring 2.5 m long, 2.5 m from flipper to flipper, and weighing over 900kg (that’s more than 140 stone)!
6. IT’S SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
It's estimated that only around 1 in 1,000 marine turtle hatchlings make it to adulthood. This is down to a long time it takes for them to reach maturity and the many dangers faced by hatchlings and juveniles – from predators to marine plastics.

7. THEY MAKE SOME INTERESTING NOISES
Female leatherbacks make some strange noises when they’re nesting – some of which sound similar to a human belch.
8. THEY HAVE COLOUR PREFERENCES
Turtles seem to prefer red, orange, and yellow food - they appear to investigate these colours more than others when looking for a meal.
9. LIFE AIN’T A TRACK MEET, IT’S A MARATHON
Marine turtles can migrate incredibly long distances – the longest known record is for a female leatherback who swam nearly 13,000 miles over 647 days from Indonesia to the west coast of America. That’s over 20 miles a day.
10. THEY ALWAYS RETURN HOME
Females return to the same beach they hatched on, to lay their own eggs and bury them in sand ‘nests’. Marine turtles’ amazing ability to navigate comes from their sensitivity to the Earth's magnetic fields.

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