PPT-Green Sea Turtles

By Jeff Fagan Background of a Green Sea Turtle The green sea turtle grows to a maximum size of about 4 feet and a weight of 440 pounds It has a heartshaped shell small head and singleclawed flippers. S Fish Wildlife Service You Can Help Protect Sea Turtles Sea turtles are among the largest living reptiles Most species have scales and a bony shell and all species are cold blooded breathe air S. pecies, Should . T. hey . B. e . K. ept . B. red . A. nd . C. aptivity. ?. what kind of species are endangered . H. ow . the giant pandas are endangered . P. eople . are moving slowly into their . Cheloniidae. Sea turtles. Class . Reptilia. – Order . Testudines. 6 out of 7 species have a hard outer carapace. All sea turtles have evolved for the marine environment . Dorsoventrally. flattened (. a cause for concern. Thomas Akre. Longwood University. Farmville, VA. The Tortoise and the Hare. Turtles: a cause for wonder. "Because they are still living, turtles are commonplace objects to us: were they entirely extinct, their shells – the most remarkable defensive armor ever assumed by a . by Christian. What is a Snapping . T. urtle?. A snapping turtle is a reptile with a shell their shell can be brown, dark green , and black.. They bite fast than snakes, but they move super slow, but when they swim in water they are gone the second you blink.. T. L. E. S. BY: Declan Coates. Tortoises are a type of turtle that live there whole life on land. Sadly some animals eat baby tortoises, for example raccoons and foxes eat baby tortoises. To add on the speckled tortoise grows to four inches long. On the other hand other turtles are big. . By: Hailey . Litwin. and Daniel Masse. . Food. . Snapping turtles eat many different types of food. These reptiles eat lizards, fish, snakes and crabs. They also eat frogs, insects, birds, an. d . Damiani. , . Emiliy. Seymour, Miranda Sheppard, Rachael Weagle and Kirsten Ernst. Mentor: Jenny . Litt. Wondercamp. 2010. Leatherback Sea Turtles. Coastlines. coast·line. - . the land and water lying adjacent to a shoreline. . PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. Task 2 – Key Message Development and Testing. Prepared for the Florida . Department of Environmental Protection . and the Florida Fish and Wildlife . Conservation Commission. Robert . DePalma. Background. Created by Mirage Studios in 1984 as a comic book.. Team . of four teenage anthropomorphic . turtles. T. rained . by . their . rat sensei in the art of . ninjutsu. N. amed . So You Want a Pet Turtle?. Turtles are not that hard to find!. Try checking out . The Turtle Source. . Petsmart. has some turtles for sale as well.. Even . Petco. . has a few options.. Turtles Need Proper Care!. How do our lives affect endangered animals in other countries?. Young people on the global stage: their education and influence. www.tidegloballearning.net. Curriculum links (UK). KS3 curriculum. The interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem. Courtesy NMFS Hawaii's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy 8/18/2005ABUNDANCE: 200-700 females nest annually. Nasser Ben Qasem . 503-Biology . WIU . Turtles.  are . reptiles . of the . order . Testudines.  characterized by a special . bony . or. . cartilaginous shell. . The order Testudines includes both extant (living) and .