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Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtles
A Presentation By 3A and 3B
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Leatherback Range
• 60 days to the Galapagos Islands where they winter and mate
• Nest in Costa Rica
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The Diving Machine
• Deepest diving reptile
• 4000ft and deeper
• Leather-like shell that compresses under deep water pressure
• Fatty insulation helps control body temp
• Stays under water for 80 minutes
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Threats to Diving
• Hooks from long line fishing
• Fishing nets
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Decline1980: 200 turtles a night
7 days in a week7 x 200 =1,400 turtles in a week
2011: 3 turtles in the week
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Size Comparison
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Turtle Decline
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Leatherback munch on jellyfish!
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Nesting
• Females come every 2-4 years to lay
• Return every 9-10 days
• Lay 50-85 eggs
• Lay largest eggs of all turtles
• Billiard-size eggs
• Laying takes 1.5-2 hours
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Threats to Nests
• Human poachers take eggs
• Dogs
• Raccoons
• Coatis
• Houses built near nests that produce white lights
• Bright lights from cars
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Hatchlings
• Take 60 days to develop
• Largest of all turtle hatchlings
• 57% success rate of hatching normally
• Temperature determines sex
• After hatching, they swim vigorously for
6-8 days to get to the main currents which take them to their feeding ground
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Threats to Hatchlings
• Raccoons
• Birds: pelicans, ospreys, seagulls
• Fish
• Nests that are too shallow so they get too hot and eggs die
• Crabs
• Nests too near water line so they drown
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