Life Cycle Of The Turtle by Eva

Hey, have you ever wondered why hardly anyone ever sees turtles nowadays? Well, that is because… THEY ARE ALMOST EXTINCT!

This is the Life Cycle of a female turtle:

First the female turtle climbs up onto the shore and digs a huge hole and lays 1000 of her eggs then she buries them then makes her way back into the sea to wait for them to hatch in nine months.

But only about 800 hatch and only about half (400) make it to the sea because of the crabs and seagulls like to fly down and eat them. But then only 200 progress into adults because of all the sharks and the occasional killer whale. Then when all of those predators are all gone they have to deal with the harsh currents of the open ocean.

10 lay their eggs without human interference and 2 lay their without human interference so it is actually narrowed down from 1000 to 2.

So think about these poor creatures and their hard lives and please do not just stand there and do nothing and let them suffer, PLEASE HELP THEM!