How To Keep Leatherback Sea Turtles

Did you know that leatherback sea turtles have backward facing spikes in their throat to help them swallow prey and to keep it from it from escaping . They also have the most hydrodynamic body of all sea turtles. Their flippers can grow to 8.9 feet in length. Leatherbacks are the largest sea turtle in the world!

Leatherbacks can make their own body heat. They also spend .1% of the day resting. They swim pretty much all day and night. It is important for the leatherback turtles to be alive because they keep the jellyfish population in order.

They normally feed at night when the tides are higher and the jellyfish are closer to the shore which makes for an easier catch.
They are found in the Atlantic and pacific oceans. Very few beaches are