About this turtle, what many people are curious about is that the green sea turtle is obviously not an endangered turtle species. On the one hand, there is no shortage of food. There are many. On the other hand, its natural enemies are gone except for tiger sharks. Why is it still in an endangered state?

In fact, this is inseparable from human activities, because human activities have destroyed the environment on which they live, and humans once thought that green sea turtles have high  food value, so a large number of Preying on them has caused their numbers to decrease, and now green sea turtles have been listed as protected animals. Below, Xiaobian mainly from the morphological characteristics, living habits and other aspects of the green sea turtle, to give you a good understanding of it.

1. Morphological characteristics

1. Body length: 80-150 cm;

2. Weight: 65-136 kg;

3 , Head: The head is slightly triangular, with a pair of scales on the forehead, which is dark brown; when the head is retracted, it will be stuck, so the head cannot be completely retracted into the shell. The cheeks are yellow and the neck is dark grey. The snout is short and round, the front end of the upper jaw is not hooked, and there are two vertical angular ridges on the inner surface of the horny; of the middle ridge.

4. Carapace: The carapace is heart-shaped, and the scutellum is tiled and inlaid; the neck shield is short and wide, juxtaposed with the adjacent marginal shields; 5 vertebral shields, the first is fan-shaped, the second The fourth is hexagonal, the fifth is trapezoidal; there are 4 pairs of rib shields, the first pair of rib shields is not connected to the neck shield; there are 11 marginal shields on each side.

5, Plastron: The plastron is flat, with arc-shaped anterior and posterior margins. There is a triangular inter-laryngopharyngeal scutellum on the front. All other scutellum are neatly and symmetrically arranged along the midline of the abdomen; Shield seam humeral shield seam laryngopharyngeal shield. There are 4 lower scutes on each side; axillary and crotch each have several small scutellum.

6. Limbs: The limbs are specialized into flipper-like copepods, which can swim flexibly in the water like a paddle. The forelimbs are light brown with a yellowish-white edge, and the hind legs are slightly darker than the forelimbs. The medial fingers and toes each have a claw, and the forelimbs have large, curved, hook-shaped claws.

7. Tail: The male tail is longer, equivalent to half of its body length. The female tail is shorter.

2. Living habits

1. Diet: Green sea turtles mainly eat seaweeds and large seaweeds in the sea, and occasionally eat mollusks, Arthropods or fish.

2. Activity: Green sea turtles are large migratory sea turtles that forage in a fixed area and lay their eggs in another place.

3. Breeding time

The mating time of green sea turtles is about March and April each year, and the eggs are laid from May to October each year, usually in July and August. Peak period.

The above is the editor's introduction to the green turtle. I believe that everyone has a good understanding of it after reading it. Finally, I hope everyone must take good care of every creature on the earth~