The living habits of sea turtles

Sea turtles live in the ocean and feed on algae, fish and crustaceans. Usually from April to October, female and male sea turtles mate in coastal waters, and then female turtles climb up the shore at night to dig holes to lay eggs. After spawning, the eggs are covered with sand and returned to the sea. After 45-60 days of hatching, the young turtles crawl out of their shells to live in the sea. At present, China's Xisha Islands in Hainan and Huidong in Guangdong have become sea turtle spawning and breeding grounds.

Is a sea turtle a turtle?

No, sea turtles and turtles are all members of the family Turtles, but turtles can also refer to species of the family Turtles in a narrow sense. The specific differences between the two are as follows:

The first difference is that the living environment is different: sea turtles live in the sea and do not come ashore except to lay eggs; turtles live on land and fresh water.

Second, the food they eat is different: sea turtles mainly feed on seaweed; turtles eat plants, small fish and shrimp.

Third, the body size is different: there are a pair of forehead scales on the top of the turtle head, which can be more than 1 meter long; the tortoise head is small and the tail is short.

The four limbs are different: sea turtles have pulpy limbs, their forelimbs are longer than their hind limbs, and their inner fingers and toes each have a claw, without fingernails, and cannot be retracted into the shell; turtles, whose limbs are cylindrical (tortoise) or elliptical cylinder, have webbed fingers and toes, claws at the end and fingernails that can be retracted into the shell.

The above is the introduction of the living habits of sea turtles. I hope it will be helpful to you.