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 * __Research Paper __**


 * __Topic __: ** **Sea Turtles**

 Sea turtles live in many ways and are very different, like their colors, sizes, patterns on their backs, and so much more. Sea turtles can eat many various foods like shrimps, seaweed, and many other aquatic lifes. Sea turtles can lay so many eggs in the land or area because of the migration the sea turtles travel in many waters around the world. Sea turtles live in almost every ocean basin throughout the world. They prefer the tropic and sub tropics temperatures. They are found along the coastal regions of sandy beaches. This includes areas of North America, South America, Central America, India, South Africa, and Australia. They have also been spotted in the Atlantic Ocean by Canada and even in areas around Europe. They are found in oceans, lagoons, and bays where they generally stick very close to the shore line.  There is quite a bit of difference when it comes to the feeding habits of sea turtles. Some of them will only consume meat when they are young. However, as they mature they change to a diet of plants. Sea turtles can alter their metabolism when food becomes scare too. As a result, they can go up to three months without food. The sea turtles that migrate also find food along the way back to the original location. The amount of food that sea turtles consume depends on many factors. The species that it is and what it eats are the biggest factors. In many areas though it is getting harder and harder for them to find their food of choice. Many younglings die due to such predators but large sea turtles are less likely to become a meal. ==The mating process takes place in the water so there isn’t too much to know about it. This has been confirmed due to the fact that the males don’t take their way to the shore. They always remain in the water for the most of the sea turtles species. The males complete with each other by seeing who van raise their neck the highest. It is common for there to be more males than females, so she gets her pick of who she wants to mate with. Older females may have marks on their backs from the mating process. There is speculation that mating in colder waters will result in the offspring being mostly males. When the mating takes place in warm waters then the offspring will be female. Within a few weeks of mating process, the female and there she will lay her eggs. Depending on the species of sea turtles, she may deposit from 100 to 200 eggs at a time. The incubation period for the eggs is from 30 to 60 days depending on the type of sea turtles. The mother never goes back to check on her eggs to associated with the young. Many of them die because they can’t get out of the shell. Others become lunch for birds or other predators in the area or aquatic life. It is estimated that only 10% of the hatchlings will survive to adulthood. ==  Sea turtles are beautiful animals to look at but also people are endangering them. Humans have always been their worst enemy. Fishermen continue to get sea turtles in their nets and other equipment. Many species of sea turtles are hunted for their meat or to get oils from their bodies. Natural disasters are also blamed for sea turtles population. For example the coast of Florida was hit four times in 2004 and more than half of the population of the turtles was killed during these storms. Lastly, sea turtles die by eating garbage like plastic bags, bottles, and useful papers that humans throw in to the waters. So we can help sea turtles by collect the garbage, not using equipment for hunting sea turtles or any animals, and also people stopped endangering them and started helping the population increase. Right now sea turtles are protected under the Endangered Species Act Of 1973. Even with such laws in place though many of them continue to be destroyed annually. The U.S. National Marine Fishery has also started to use devices that will exclude sea turtles from being captured with other aquatic life. ==The Red eared turtles are different from the sea turtles by their foods, colors, habitats, and more. Red eared turtle are omnivores they eat a lot of aquatic plants and they eat a lot of animals like snails, tadpoles, fish. Red eared turtles can be kept as pets.red eared turtles are aggressive especially when it comes to food.Individuals red eared turtles survive the first year or two can be expected to live generally around thirty years. The red eared turtles has a red mark next to its ear. The red eared turtles enjoy large areas where they are free to swim. The red eared turtles eggs hatch to 60 to 90 days after they are laid. Late season hatchlings may spend the winter in their nest and emerge when the weather warms in the spring. The eggs contain 50% turtles and 50% egg sac. In this reseach we learned so much about sea turtles like their habitat, foods, their mating process, how they are endangered, how we can save them from being endagered, and how they are different from a Red eared turtle. I think sea turtles are amazing creatures. Our research teaches us and you a lot about sea turtles. Sea turtles are marine reptiles that inhabit all of the worlds oceans except the Arctic ocean.Sea turtles foods depend on the kind of sea turtles they are.I think sea turtles are awesome because of the eggs they lay. __Bibliography__ WWW. Wikipedia.org & WWW.seeturtle.org ==