The most dangerous time of a green turtle’s life is when it makes the journey from nest to sea. Multiple predators, including crabs and flocks of gulls, voraciously prey on hatchlings during ...
The prey panic, and their tightly organized schools ... to crack though even the thick carapace (shell) of full-grown sea turtles. One common defense against predators is a protective covering ...
These leathery turtles spend most of their lives buried motionless in river mud, but burst into action to catch their unsuspecting prey. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
or the prey, or perhaps the environment, we don't know. "But this was an incredibly dangerous time to be a fish, a sea turtle, or even a marine reptile." RNLI technician Paul Hutchison was out at ...
Olive and Kemp’s ridleys are the smallest of the sea turtles, weighing up to 100 pounds and reaching only about 2 feet in shell length. The olive ridley has a slightly smaller head and smaller s ...
The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle world ... literally. This sea turtle species can grow as long as a small car and weighing over half a ton!