Turtle World

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Turtle World

• Mrs. Ryders Reading Group

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Lauren
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Matthew
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Loggerheads cannot pull their heads or legs
inside their shells to hide from preditors.
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Mick
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Loggerhead turtles have very powerful jaws. They
crush the shells of crabs.
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Sarah
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A female loggerhead sea turtle is able to lay
eggs for an estimated 20-50 years, once she
reaches reproductive maturity at about 30 years
old.
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Derek
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Kylie
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Hatchlings usually leave the nest at night, when
the sand cools, but sometimes rain or overcast
skies can induce a day time emergence.
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Rebekah
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Warm nests produce mostly female hatchlings and
cooler nests produce mostly males.
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Saffeya
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Loggerhead turtles cannot pull their heads or
legs into their shell to hide from predators.
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Emily
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A female loggerhead may lay 3 or 4 clutches of
about 100 eggs during nesting season.
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Juliana
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Sydney
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A female loggerhead may lay three or four
clutches of about 100 eggs during the nesting
season between June and September.