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Shelly is
a sea turtle and is found in warm and temperate
waters throughout the world. They migrate hundreds
of miles between nesting and feeding grounds.
Sea turtles eat jellyfish, seaweed, crabs, shrimp,
snails, algae and mollusks.
Sea turtles spend most of their
time in the water. When they do come to the shore,
to lay eggs, for example, traveling on land is
awkward. They are threatened with capture, harvesting
of eggs, destruction of nesting beaches, ocean
pollution, oil spills and entanglement in fishing
and shrimp nets.
Sea turtles are closely related
to ancient species dating back 130 million years
to the Cretaceous Period. Some may be more closely
related to dinosaurs than our present day reptiles.
*Sea turtles are endangered
and need our help. They have been severely injured
and died from fishing line and trap rope entanglements,
fishing nets, boat collisions, and swallowing
human waste such as plastic bags, balloons, and
fishing line and/or hooks.
* Please throw your fishing
line and garbage in the trash not the ocean and
watch out for them while boating.
*Polarized sunglasses help you
see into the water.
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