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Can sea turtles breath undewater?

Why sea turtles are important?

Can sea turtles live on land?

Why sea turtles migrate?

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What is a sea turtle?

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What sea turtles eat?

Sea turtles are mainly herbivorous and feast on seagrass, but juveniles tend to be carnivorous, eating mostly invertebrates like jellyfishes.

Sea Turtle Conservancy

The Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC) is ____ ____, including information, programs of research, education…, and satellite tracking.

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Which sea turtle is the largest?

The leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) is the biggest -and oldest- of the living sea turtles, arriving to ____, as explained by Attemborough:

Legally, all sea turtles are protected by international : Convention on Biodiversity (Bonn Convention), and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).

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How sea turtles lay eggs?

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Sea turtle conservation status

Are sea turtles endangered?

According to IUCN, all species with enough data to be evaluated, have an endangered conservation status. By the IUCN Red List can be reached more info per specie: green, leatherback, loggerhead, flatback, hawksbill, Kemp’s Ridley, and Olive Ridley

Why sea turtles are endangered?

Sea turtles experience several threats, most of them related with human beings, including loss of habitat (coastline urbanization…), fishing, nest disturbances (tourism, illegal trade…) pollution (specially, plastic pollution), and climate change.

Where do sea turtles lay eggs?

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Which sea turtle are the most endangered?

As published by IUCN-SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG) -the highest authority about sea turtles-, the most endangered species are the hawksbill (), and () both with a conservation status considered critically endangered  globally -although some sub-populations of the other species are also considered critically endangered regionally-.

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More information about the status, and methodological assessment process, can be reach in the Marine Turtle List Assessment.

IUCN-SSC MTSG is responsable for the Red Listing and the Regional Reporting.

Besides, by the -supported by Conservation International (CI)-, and concluded with the stablisment of  Regional Management Units (RMUs), and global conservation priorities, among others.

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Where sea turtle live?

The Marine Turtle Breeding and Migration Atlas (aka TurtleNet), by Queensland Government and Bonn Convention, is an interactive map about the sea turtles in the world, including their places and routes for nesting, courtship, feeding… and much more!

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