TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 A Turtle’s Compass 4 CHAPTER 2 All Colors and Sizes 8 CHAPTER 3 What’s on the Menu 14 CHAPTER 4 Babies on Their Own 18 CHAPTER 5 Predators and Threats 24 THINK ABOUT IT 30 LEARN MORE 31 GLOSSARY 32 INDEX 32
21st century skills library 4 A Turtle’s Compass chapter 1 When people take trips by boat or plane they rely on a navigator someone to make sure they are going in the right direction Sea turtles don’t need a navigator From the time they hatch they know just where to go They spend several years in the open water then they move to feeding sites Later they return to the same beach where they hatched to lay eggs of their own Some will travel thousands of miles all the way across the ocean and back Sea turtles are solitary animals They mostly swim alone although they sometimes nest together Their
exploring our oceans 5 Fifth-grade students in South Carolina chose the loggerhead sea turtle as their state’s reptile in 1988 shape and strong front flippers help them go long distances and dive deep into the ocean They come up for air every few minutes though some dives can last 30 minutes or more When they are resting sea turtles can stay underwater for several hours
