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Sea turtles are survivors from the age of the dinosaurs.
They live in nearly all the oceans, and leave the water only during nesting periods. It is this time when they are most vulnerable to predators. Mature female seat turtles may lay hundreds of eggs. Two months later, when they hatch, the baby turtles must crawl from the nest and across the beach sand to the safety of the sea, without being eaten by foxes, racoons, birds, dogs and man. Only about 1 to 5 percent will survive to the end of the first year.