What is the life cycle of a sea turtle?

Answer 1

mating, nesting, hatchlings, the lost years, eating habits, and maturity

Answer 2

Mating begins shortly after the turtles have emerged from hibernation when the water temperature is still low. Mating may also occur in the fall. The breeding season lasts from late spring to early summer. Males begin to breed when they reach maturity, usually when they are three to five years old. Females take longer to mature (6-10 years) and are larger at maturity. Painted turtles are amniotes which requires females to nest on land. Females prefer soft, sandy soil with good exposure to the sun for their nest site. Nests are dug with the turtle's hind feet, usually within 200 meters of water. The nest is no deeper than 10 to 12 centimeters. The females will lay 4 to 15 oval, soft shelled eggs, in a flask-shaped hole. The eggs are elliptical, white to off-white and are mostly smooth with slight pits. Female turtles may lay up to five clutches of eggs per season although typically, they will lay only one or two clutches. Once the eggs are laid the mother will cover the hole with dirt or sand and leave the nest unattended. Painted turtle eggs hatch 72 to 80 days after they are laid. Once the young hatch and dig out of the nest, they are immediately independent.

Answer 3

The green turtle has a very long life. It starts out by being hatch from an egg. the egg is buried underneith a foot of sand at a beach. It starts crawling out of the sand and in about a week it gets onto the surface. then it crawls to the body of water in which it was nearest to. While it is in the sea it lives out it's life however it wants to. Then it mates and goes back to the land it was hatched and lays the eggs. Then it goes back out to sea to continue living it's life. So unlike us humans they don't have a mom to love them.

Answer 4

the moms lay the eggs, the eggs hactch, and then turn into adults. Then the mom dies!

Answer 5

A turtle lives 150-200 years