Leatherback sea turtle

By Nicolas TerwindtScience 6

Flores

CharacteristicsThe adult leatherback sea turtles weigh 2000

pounds.The babies weigh around 45 grams.The adults are 6 foot 5 inches long.The babies are 50-70 centimeters.There are 34,000 nesting females.They eat jellyfish, fish, and algae.Their shell is black with pinkish white dots.They are found in warmer oceans.They are on the top of the food chain.

The leatherback sea turtles population is decreasing as listed below

Reasons for decreaseThere are many factors why the leatherback

sea turtles are endangered.The main abiotic factors are:

They mistake plastic bags.People poach the eggs and the flesh of the

leatherback sea turtle.They get caught in commercial fishing nets.And loss of their habitats in remote stretches

of sandy beaches.

Biotic factorsHumansThey eat the leatherback sea turtlesThey poach the leatherback sea turtles and

their eggs

Abiotic factorsPlastic and plastic bagsThey mistake plastic for jellyfish and choke

and dieHabitat destructionLoss of habitatNo place for the leatherback sea turtle to

nest NetsThe leatherback sea turtles can caught inside

of them

Leatherback sea turtle mistaking plastic as a

jellyfish

Leatherback sea turtle getting stuck in fishing net

Leatherback sea turtles habitat getting destroyed by oil

Leatherback sea turtle egg getting poached

Conservation methodsSome people invented a TED ( Turtle

Excluder devices) It allows fisherman to still catch the fish but also if a turtle gets stuck they can go through a little hole.

There are a few other conservation ideas and groups that are looking for donated money to get started.

These methods helped to increase the population of leatherback sea turtles. Which will then help fisheries etc.

Why is this important?????

It is important to save the leatherback sea turtle because they don’t do anything to humans we just kill them

They help swimmers not to get stung by poisonous jellyfish and make them go to the hospital or something like that

How do the leatherback sea turtles affect usThey do not harm peopleThey eat jellyfish which eat good fish from

fisheriesThey are the largest reptiles on the earth

They need your help,

OR ELSE

They will join all of the other unlucky animals who got extinct.

Don’t let this happen,

Save the Leatherback sea turtle!!!!

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