Leatherback Sea Turtles

First, doing whatever you can to reduce ocean pollution, both physical trash and chemicals. This can be done by making sure you throw trash in the trash can (not where it can go down a storm drain) and if you live near a beach, you can gather garbage on the beach to keep it out of the ocean. By buying organic foods (this reduces chemical pollutants like pesticides, herbicides, and synthetic fertilizers).

Second, if you buy seafood, try to pick line caught fish. Line caught fish don't ever accidentally catch turtles (although they can catch birds). Being accidentally caught in nets is a threat to the leatherback sea turtles.

Unfortunately, the primary threat they face is egg harvesting. Many people harvest leatherback sea turtle eggs, especially in Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, I am not aware of a way to prevent that from the US, but there are places I've heard of where people keep a watch on sea turtle nests to protect their eggs from harvesting.

75-100

Green Sea Turtle (chelonia mydas) may reach up to the size of about 4 feet and weight of 440 pounds.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle (eretmochelys imbricata) may reach up to 3 feet in length and weight up to 300 pounds. (average weight 95 to 165 pounds)

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (lepidochelys kempii) may reach up to 2 feet in length and weight up to 100 pounds.

Leatherback Sea Turtle (demochelys coriacea) may reach up to 8 feet in length and weight up to 2000 pounds. (average 500 - 1500 pounds)

Loggerhead Sea Turtle (caretta caretta) may reach up to 3 feet in length with an average eight of about 200 pounds.

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (lepidochelys olivacea) may reach up to 2 1/2 feet in length and weight up to 100 pounds. (average weight 80 - 100 pounds)

Size/Weight/Age: Adult Leatherback Turtles grow to 1.3 - 2.7 meters (4 - 9 ft) long. Average weight of mature individuals is 660 to 1,100 pounds (300 - 500 kg). The largest leatherback ever recorded was almost 3.1 meters(10 ft) from the tip of its beak to the tip of its tail and weighed in at 2,019 pounds (916 kg).

Across the globe, nearly all species of sea turtles is either endangered or critically endangered. This is so for several different reasons, two main reasons are for the consumption of their meet, and for their shells, often used as jewelery and other accessories. They are hunted heavily in Mexico, Japan, and in many other Asian, Central and South American countries. Sea turtles, though on the Endangered Species List, are still struggling in the United States as well. Many sea turtles in oceans worldwide are killed accidentally by fishing nets intending to catch other marine life. Waters polluted with oil also add to the mortality rate. Sea turtle eggs are also threatened due to their high demand, especially for the consumption of their meat. Over-development also plays a role in preventing ideal nesting sites for sea turtles laying eggs, as well as hindering the hatchlings who attempt to make it back to the ocean. With sea turtles maturing as late as 30-50 years, and only about 1 out of 100 hatchlings reaching the ocean safely after being hatched, even in ideal conditions, the odds are now greatly lessened as hunting and human expansion increases, creating a threatening ripple effect in the future of this marine animal which the ocean depends on so heavily.

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turtles are cold blooded because they are reptiles. reptiles live in cold places so they are cold blooded

North american sea

Flexible shell is probally the most interesting

The Italian Leatherback morph was developed in Italy by Allesandro. The leatherback name gives you a pretty good idea of what this gene does. The back of a leatherback dragon is smooth, with a leather feel, this morph is a co-dominant gene.

To produce Italian leatherbacks you need only one parent to be leather. this will produce about 50% leatherback offspring, while the other 50% will be normal scaled. pairing 2 Italian leatherbacks together will produce silkbacks and pairing a leatherback with a recessive leather should produce microscale leatherbacks.

No. Turtles don’t live in groups.

I believe there are around 25-50 left.... they tend to dwell around Africa, and some near the Congo basin. they have survived the extinction of the dinosaurs, and have been around for approximated 150 million year. they can weigh 500-2,000 pounds, and in length (head to tail)4-9 feet long. they are the largest of all sea turtles. they dive very deep, around 4,000 feet. for more info search wikipedia :D

Leatherback turtles inhabit a range of marine environments, primarily in temperate and tropical ocean waters. They share their habitat with various marine species, including jellyfish (their main food source), other sea turtles, sharks, and numerous fish species. Additionally, they may encounter marine mammals such as dolphins and whales in these regions. Coastal areas where they nest also host seabirds and other shoreline wildlife.

The Jellyfish would over populate and their would be more risj in the oceans and less fish causing a ripple affect to the ocean

They lay about 70 fertile eggs and up to 40 infertile eggs.

Known for being big...and is the fourth heaviest modern reptile (specific name-Dermochelys coriacea)

size of your palm

well they are called sea turtles because they are turtles that live in the sea. i mean there really is no other name for it.

These giant turtles can grow up to 8 feet in length and 3 to 5 feet in width. They can live up 30 to 50 years. They weight up to 1,300 pounds.

they migrate

maybe

Leather back turtles should be protected because they are rare and we need to keep them safe

actually,some snapping turtles can run zooming fast