Hungry predators like sharks, groupers and snappers as well as birds feed eagerly on them. Besides natural dangers, marine pollution also takes its toll. Fatalities occur when hatchlings encounter plastic bags or tin tar balls of hardened oil are mistaken for food. The sea turtle is a reptile which spends all of its life in water. Only the female turtle returns to land to lay its eggs.
All sea turtle eat marine animals such as sponges, marine worms and molluscs.
Adult green turtle are largely vegetarian, eating underwater grasses and seaweed while the hawksbill turtle is carnivorous and eats invertebrate animals of the coral reefs. The natural longevity of the sea turtles is unknown. They grow very slowly, taking from 10 to 20 years to reach maturity. Turtle Islands Park is a state park created to protect the natural environment especially the marine turtles, the coral reefs and other marine life. As such there are stringent rules and regulations that are to be observed by every visitor to the Park.