Hawksbill+Sea+Turtle+2010

By:Nathanael H

The Hawksbill Sea Turtle is a critically endangered sea turtle, which was hunted by the Chinese. It has a beak-like head with flippers built for swimming. They have a green scale like body and a tan head. They weigh up to 175 pounds. They live in tropical reefs such as the Great Barrier Reef. They mainly breed in the Caribbean. Its diet mainly consists of sponges and jellyfish. They do ignore some species of sponges. The Hawksbill females lay about 140 eggs in a nest. The eggs hatch in two months. The Hawksbill Sea Turtle is endangered because China has been hunting them for their flesh. The garbage in the ocean also kills off turtles. When turtles eat plastic it suffocates them. We have helped by banning the hunting of them.