Physical Characteristics Of A Hawksbill Sea Turtle

The hawksbill sea turtle is a critically endangered reptile and only comes to land to lay theeggs. The hawksbill sea turtle as a unique physical structure and lives mostly in tropical coral reefs of the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. This animal mainly eats sponges and may sometimes go deeper to hunt for small squid. The hawksbill turtle got its name for its hawk like beak(S1). Did you know that the hawksbill sea turtle can change colors(S16)?!?! This proves that the hawksbill sea turtle has many different features.

The hawksbill sea turtle as a unique physical structure(S1). Most commonly found in water 18.3 meters or shallower(S2). Hawksbill sea turtles and critically endangered and their shells are used for jewelry, ornaments, decorations(S1). Sometimes they have nests as far as
Since they are born on land, there are many predators after them, so only a few survive(S4). In the first few years of their life they live in open ocean(S5). Hawksbill sea turtles are excellent divers and go diving( holding their breath) as far as 1000 ft(S5). They may even go farther if they are looking for food(S5). They can stay underwater from 35 to 45 minutes(S5). Hawksbill sea turtles are cold blooded so that is why they lay eggs. When they are babies they are on their own form day
They are fast swimmers and can get up to 15 miles and hour(S14). Sea turtles can’t pull themselves in their shel(S14). That way they swim very fast to escape predators(S2). Sea turtles lay their eggs at night when not as many predators are there to bother them(S2). Each female turtle says about 3-6 batches of eggs each nesting season. And it takes a while to dig the hole and then lay the eggs and then cover them up again. The sea turtle is a very important creature, because it protects reefs and also has time to protect