sea turtles

Sea turtles

By Willow

Did you know that sea turtles have been around since the late Jurassic period? Sea turtles are very old, they have some of the oldest life spans. They can live up to 152 years old that is really old! Guess what? Land turtles can put there heads and feet inside their shell but sea turtles can not do that. Sea turtles are amazing creatures here is there life cycle.


Firstly the female sea turtle will lay eggs on the beach up to 50-200. She will dig a hole as deep as her flipper then she puts all her concentration on to laying her eggs. This gives scientists the best opportunity to measure them. Once she has laid all her eggs she will cover up her eggs with sand and then she will leave them never to see them again.

The eggs are the size of a white leathery ping pong balls. After about 6-7 weeks they will hatch but about 20% do not hatch.


When they are about to be born sea turtles will hatch at the same time. Then they squirm to the surface. They are so small they can fit in the palm of your hand. Then they rush to the oceans edge trying to avoid many dangers on the way such as holes, rubbish, crabs and birds

50% do not survive.


The sea turtles swim and try and find a bed of lotsom better known as seaweed to swim under. As they get older they have less predators and more protection but they have a couple of predators like dolphins, sharks and the occasional killer whale.




They are able to breed when they are 20 years of age and then they will start the very long swim back to the same beach they were born.




This is the life cycle of a turtle they have three main stages in there life I hope you have learnt something!