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The longevity of sea turtles has been speculated at 80 - 200 years Ectothermia, or cold-bloodedness, is a major benefit to big animals like them. They need only a fraction of the food other animals need, their hearts beat more slowly, their cells burn and die more slowly, many diseases cannot affect them, they can tolerate a lot of environmental and dietary change, and they can go dormant when things are too bad and just wait for better times.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoThere can be a sea turtle in the ocean right now who has lived for a thousand years. The only way they can die is if they contract a fatal disease or if something else kills them.
A sea turtle's life span is in between 100 and 200 years old. The longest recorded sea turtle age was over 250 years!
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∙ 9y agoThey are camouflaged to blend with their environment.
Their hard shell offers some protection.
They are able to eat foods that many other animals cannot, such as jellyfish.
They can travel up to 1,400 miles between breeding grounds and feeding areas.
They are able to slow their heartbeat to once every nine minutes, enabling them to stay underwater up to five hours at a time.
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∙ 8y agoA huge amount of turtles actually went extinct with the dinosaurs, and have gone extinct since. What we have now is in fact a small group of the once huge and diverse forms of turtles from long ago. In the same way many kinds of dinosaurs went extinct, but not all. Birds are a good example of a branch of dinosaurs which is still doing well today.
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∙ 14y agoSea turtles use their awesome shell as protection from natural predators like the orca whale and large sharks.
Unfortunately many more sea turtles die at the hands of men as they are caught in illegal longline fishing, hunted for their shells, cut accidentally from passing boat propellers, and even, stolen while eggs, before having any chance of survival.
Sea turtles & their eggs are still thought to be food by many people around the world. This travesty has been the leading cause of their imminent extinction, unless we can stop it. Help us save the sea turtle.
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∙ 16y agoBECAUSE SEA TURTLES DON'T SMOKE, DRIVE, HAVE THUMBS SO THEY CAN'T COMMIT SUICIDE, THEY DON'T GET MARRIED, AND SALT WATER IS GOOD FOR THEIR SKIN
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∙ 12y agothey didn't have any major predators, apart from of course humans. the reason they were killed by humans was because they were so delicious, that is why they are now nearly exstinct !!
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∙ 9y agoYes, turtles can live longer than humans. Turtles can live longer than 100 years.
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∙ 11y agoeat and breath
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Do turtles live in Tunisia?
There are terrapins in Tunisia, so yes. Tortoises also live in Tunisia. Sea turtles nest there.
What is the role of the jellysish?
To live in the sea and sea turtles eat them so without them there would not be any sea turtles and the whole food chain would be messed up
How do loggerhead sea turtles groom?
They live in water so I figure that helps
What is the region of sea turtles?
they live in the ocean and on coral reefs, so coral reef is probably the most accurate
Were do sea animals live?
Cetaceans are basically whales. So they live in the ocean.
How long to green sea turtles live in captivity?
120-175 years in the wild, 150-215 in captivity
How do sea turtles breath?
Sea turtles are amphibians, which means they breathe out of their lungs.
What are the basic needs of turtles?
Turtles need food and water. They live in rivers, lakes, or ponds. They also live in the ocean, sea, and the beach.
What guides the sea turtles to water?
Light, like that of a full moon so the sea turtles can find the ocean.
How long do baby sea turtles stay with their moms?
Box turtles hatch from an egg and their mothers are long gone. They never see their mother.
How old does the green turtle live for?
Turtles live in water all around the world.Sea Turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea) are turtles found in all the world's oceans except the Arctic Ocean. There are seven living species of sea turtles: flatback, green sea turtle, Hawksbill, Kemp's Ridley, Leatherback, Loggerhead and Olive Ridley.Painted turtles live in slow-moving fresh water from Sourthern Canada to Louisiana and Northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.You can see Sea turtles in Hawaii when your scuba diving.Not all turtles are aquatic..The box turtle rarely enters water, for example.Turtles live in Aquatic areas yet their very close cousin the tortoise likes dry environments.every where there is warm water.
Do sea turtles live as long as Crush in Finding Nemo?
Yes. Scientists have not been able to determine the lifespan of sea turtles, since they tend to outlive humans, and therefore any research projects. Also, tagging and monitoring is a fairly new technology, so consistent, reliable data has not yet become available. Nonetheless, sea turtles as believed to live for up to a century, and quite possibly longer. Unfortunately, many sea turtles involved in research are likely to die from a variety of threats such as being entangled in fishing line or nets, being illegally poached for their meat and shells, and from pollution and ingesting rubbish.
