Well Sea Turtle Research Paper

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Well Sea turtles are reptiles, and are descended from other reptiles whose eggs are adapted to being laid on land. The developing turtles will drown if the eggs are submerged. This actually does happen if the turtle mistakenly lays its eggs below the high tide line of the beach. On beaches with turtle protection programs, rangers will sometimes relocate a nest laid too close to the water for this reason, although some people think it's better not to prevent turtles that choose bad nesting sites from being weeded out.

Why do turtles need warm water??
Turtles need warm water but it can't get too warm because if it does the turtle can get sick but they need it so they don't get cold if they get too cold they can die because they are too used to being in warm weather.usually there weather is around 20 to 40 degrees depending on where they are born if they are born in florida the weather would be around 13 to 30 degrees maybe a little higher but not much higher. As like all reptiles even sea turtles require a appropriate temperature for their eggs to hatch out, now as this warm moderate temperature needs to be provided for development , laying eggs in water won't allow that developmental process to take place, they come out on beach during their egg laying season , dig up the sand up to 3 feet and deposit around 100 -120 eggs. Remember temperature plays an very important role in