Sea Turtle

                       Food chain

• common name is  Sea Turtle
• it's scientific class is reptile because it has scales on it's body
• it's scientific genus is Sauropsida
• it's species is turtles
• it is found in oceans
• they live in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
• it grows up to 6-7 feet long
• they can weigh up to 1,300 pounds
• it has scales and a shell for body covering
• they are ectothermic
• name of young is pre-juveniles 
• related species are snails and tortoises
• they are herbivores
• they like to eat jellyfish,plankton, and shrimp.    

               They hatch their eggs at the same beach that they were hatched on.

                      They hatch about 150-200 eggs.

               There is also the Green Sea Turtle, which is much like the

               Sea Turtle. They can live up to about 80 years.

                                                                 resources        

                                               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_turtle

                                               http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/motion/default.htm

                                                           Book: Animals