### animal | vertebrate | reptile | turtle | marine turtle:

Green turtle
* Most green turtles graze on plants
  - underwater plants
  - reach length
* Most green turtles undertake lengthy migration
* Some green turtles dig holes
  - eat animals
* Some green turtles feed on cayman island turtle farms
  - have middles
  - live in sea
* are fond of sea grasses, while leatherbacks favour jellyfish
  - herbivores, feeding on sea grasses, algae and mangrove shoots
  - primarily vegetarian as adults
* are the most common nesting species on southern Great Barrier Reef islands
  - only sea turtles that eat plants
  - vegetarian and rely on sea grass beds as a food source
* become entangled in trap lines and drown.
* do exhibit strong site-fidelity in successive nesting seasons.
* grow slowly.
* have an oval or heartshaped carapace, which is part of their skeleton
  - two main nesting areas
* know a good thing when they see it.
* nesting is the most widespread and occurs on most of the islands in the area.
* play roles.
* prefer sea grasses, while leatherbacks feed primarily on jellyfish.
* seem to be most vulnerable.

### animal | vertebrate | reptile | turtle | marine turtle:

Hawksbill turtle
* Most hawksbill turtles have carapaces
  - make journeys
* Most hawksbill turtles occupy large ranges
  - possess hook beaks
* Some hawksbill turtles feed on sea sponges
* are critically endangered with very few remaining
  - particulary threatened by wildlife trade
  - solitary nesters throughout their range
* have a distinct, hawk-like beak
* live in clear offshore waters of mainland and island shelves.
* marine turtle
* possess beaks
* priority species.
* rely on coral reefs for food resources and habitat.

### animal | vertebrate | reptile | turtle | marine turtle:

Leatherback turtle
* Most leatherback turtles dig pits.
* Most leatherback turtles have carapaces
  - hard shells
  - jaws
  - layers
  - size
  - skin
  - live up to years
  - range in size
  - return to sea
  - survive for years
  - undertake migration
* Some leatherback turtles catch in net
  - eat jellyfish
  - emerge at nights
  - look like fins
* Some leatherback turtles return to areas
  - beaches
* are a priority species
  - an important indicator of ocean health because they migrate so far
  - apparently intermediate in trophic status
  - carnivores that feed in the open ocean
  - in peril wherever they are found
  - injured or killed when they accidentally are caught in fishing nets
  - omnivorous and can eat sea plants and grasses
* are one of the deepest diving marine animals
  - deepest-diving marine animals
  - pelagic animals
* are the deepest diving marine animals
  - largest living turtles currently
* control buoyancy.
* face many predators in their early lives
  - throughout their early life
  - threats on both nesting beaches and in the marine environment
* have a large pair of front flippers
  - healthy appetites every day they eat twice their own body weight in food
  - shell layers
* mate in water.
* mistake plastic bags for jellyfish.
* possess remarkable adaptations for long and deep dives.
+ Leatherback sea turtle: Turtles
  * Leatherback turtles are one of the deepest diving marine animals. They have been recorded diving to depths as great as.

Loggerhead turtle
* Most loggerhead turtles spread their rear flippers beside their nest during deposition.
* are the most abundant of all the marine turtle species in U.S. waters
  - frequently observed turtles in Florida waters
  - vulnerable to entanglement in trap fishery lines, and subsequent drowning
* deposit their eggs in the white sands of unspoiled beaches.
* use the island's Gulf beaches to lay eggs in their buried nests.