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Sea Turtles   By Khaya Simpson  

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• This powerpoint presentation is about sea turtles
  and why they are endangered and what you can do
  to help if you want to know more read on and
  enjoy. 

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Contents

• Introduction
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• Where they're from ?
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• How many are left ?
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• Why they're endangered ?
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• What we can do to help ?

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Where they're from ?

• Sea turtles are mostly popular in the Atlantic
  Ocean but you can see them in the Gulf of Mexico
  and Mississippi. Their feeding and nesting
  grounds are in Eastern Pacific and Indian Oceans.
  Another nesting ground is in nourthern-eastern.
  Australia.
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How many are left ?
There were once several million green sea turtles
worldwide. Today there are only  200,000 nesting
females. Scientists reckon that there are only
150 to 350 nesting females a year.      
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Why they're endangered ?

• Millions of sea turtles have been killed over the
  past 20 years by getting trapped in nets and on
  fishing hooks. Fishing isn't the only danger for
  turtles. Rubbish like plastic bags in the oceans
  can hurt the animals if they eat them by mistake.
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What we can do to help ?

• There are alot of ways you can help and here are
  a few, knock down your sandcastles before you
  leave because baby sea turtles need to find a
  clear path to the sea,
• don't help sea turtle hatchlings into the water
  they have to flex their muscles before trying to
  swim, don't camp on the beach because momma
  turtles may bump into you and give up nesting
  that night, don't drive on the beach because you
  could crush sea turtle eggs.
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• Thanks for reading and think or ways you can help
  
• endangered
• sea turtles.