I recently went diving when I came across a beautiful sea turtle. Although I was frightened at first I saw this gentle sea creature swim down further and ate algae on the sea rocks below. The sea turtles have been around for over a hundred million years ago. They have been around before the dinosaurs. These reptiles spend most of their lives in the ocean. Females tend to reproduce at the age between 35-40 years old. They may lay hundreds of eggs ,but only a few of them hatch.
At one time hundreds and millions of turtles swam the ocean. Now only seven species exist today. And all ofthem are either endangered or threatend. So the next time you go out and see one of these beautiful creatures never take them for granted. There may be a time in which these creatures are no more.
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