Title- The harm that will come with the extinction of the green sea turtle. (Still working)
Intro- The extinction of the green sea turtles will cause great harm to all ocean life as we know it. I will inform you all about the green sea turtles, the population status and distribution of the green sea turtles, the green sea turtles habitat and how they react to their environment, what threatens the green sea turtles, a recovery plan to help the green sea turtles, and their importance to people.
Description/Taxonomy- Green Sea Turtles aren’t green on the outside or on their shell, but they are green on their fat. Green Sea Turtles average up to 3 to 4 feet, but a Green Sea Turtle was found that was 5 feet. Adult Green Sea Turtles usually weigh from 240 pounds to 420 pounds. The Green Sea Turtles have a serrated beak to help tear through aquatic vegetation. One easy thing to distinguish a Green Sea Turtles is they have a single prefrontal scale covering their eyes instead of 2. Refer to image 1.1. The Green Sea Turtles are more oval shaped then compared to any other sea turtle. The Green Sea Turtle's head is small and blunt. Refer to picture 1.2. The Green Sea…show more content… The Green Sea Turtle is found in all sub tropics and tropics worldwide. Major nesting sites are on the beaches of Tortuguero which is in Costa Rica, Oman, Florida, Raine island which is by Australia, Northwestern Hawaiian islands, Guam, American Samoa, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and the Virgin Islands. The Green Sea Turtles have an estimated population of 80,000 females. The reason there are so many females is the Green Sea Turtles gender is defined by temperature. The hotter it is the more female to male ratio there is and vice versa. Male turtles also spend their entire lives in the ocean so no websites know the current male population of the Green Sea
