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Turtles lay their eggs and bury them in sand on a beach. When the hatchlings emerge from the eggs and dig themselves out, their instinct is to head down the beach to the sea. Unfortunately, many predators (gulls, foxes, etc) are waiting to snatch them up and eat them. Even when they reach the sea, predators (sharks, seals, etc) are waiting off shore. By laying thousands of eggs during the same time period, hatching all together, by sheer mass of numbers, at least some will survive to adulthood - enough to perpetrate the species.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agoTurtles die from the same causes as most other animals. Some die of illness or infection. Others are killed by natural predators. Some die when there are not enough resources available to them -- this can simply be a result of natural selection, or be a result of habitat loss due to human encroachment on their habitat. Humans also kill turtles accidentally (for example, by hitting them with their cars). If a turtle is lucky, it could also simply die of old age.
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∙ 15y agoa dieseaes called larpanianus (LAR-pain-E-us)
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∙ 13y agoturtles usually die of natural causes or starvation.
after all no one and nothing lasts forever.
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Do turtles die when overfed?
no they just get diarehea
How do turtles die?
turtles die because they are hunted for their shells. also what many people don't know is that the spine of a turtle and the ribs are part of their shell. so when you remove the shell you remove part of the turtle important bones. though this is a very large reason for the deteriorating amount of live turtles in the world, turtles CAN NOT die of old age but die of injury and infecitons/diseases.
In what season do turtles lay its eggs?
Depends on location but generally in the late spring, early summer.
What happens if turtles lay eggs under water?
they will die and so will the mother
What information did scientist learn by comparing the early development stages of turtles chickens and rats?
They all had common ancestors
Does shredder in ninja turtles die?
No! Shereder is no match for the ninja turtles.
Turtles never die of old age?
Turtles do have long life spans, but they can still die of old age.
Do sea turtles die of old age opr do they only die from diese or preditors?
NO!sea turtles die of being eaten by preditors.
Will turtles die if they arent in water?
no they wwill not die
How do green turtles die?
Horribly.
Do snapping turtles sink when they die?
no
When does the sea turtles die?
They sometime die of natural causes_______
What season do red ear turtles mate?
Early Spring
Do turtles die when overfed?
no they just get diarehea
When do green sea turtles migrate?
from late september to early october
Can red eared slider turtles live with large sucker fish?
sucker fish can be kept with turtles aslong as the turtles have been kept with sucker fish in its early part of its life
Can eastern box turtles live in water?
No. technically, tarapins are land creatures and turtles live in a water environment (i.e. loggerhead turtles, snapping turtles)
