When they travel they swim approximately twelve to twenty-five miles a day from food source to nesting area. Man has a huge effect on the turtle's future. They are catching the turtles at a rate that will eventually wipe them out. The turtles are used in many different ways. Their oils are used in cosmetics and their skins are used for leather trade.
Food is another benefit man gets from the turtles.
There meat is eaten and often used in soup. Other animals are another cause of endangerment for the turtles. The animals eat the nesting female, the eggs, the turtles in the sea, and the babies. Because of this, many of the eggs and hatchling won't ever make it to adulthood. At this point there is a low population of adults.