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 =  // » Sea Turtles « // = //Common Name: Green Turtle Scientific Name: Chelonia Myda // 

   Sea turtles are herbivorous, they eat seagrasses and algae. Sea turtles roam the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. They mainly stay in the tropical and sub-tropical waters. Examples are the east and west coasts of Florida, the Caribbean, Costa Rica, and off the Pacific coast of Mexico. There is also an isolated population of Sea turtles in Hawaii. Sea turtles are currently an Endangered Species. Sea turtles play an important role in two ecosystems that is critical to them and humans, the oceans and beaches. If Sea turtles were to become extinct, the negative impact on oceans and beaches would eventually be significant. Sea turtles are killed each year in fishing nets. Since sea turtles make long migrations from hatching beaches to feeding grounds and back, they are exposed to a wide variety of threats. The biggest reason for Sea turtles endangerment is the pollution is encounters. Sea turtles swallow plastic bottles and other pollution that they mistake for jellyfish. The government and non-government are fighting to save the population of Sea turtles. They are trying to convince the public that the population decline, and even their existence, is still important to todays ecosystem. If their endangerment problem isn't fixed, they will eventually die out. One major project is Save The Turtles, Inc. Save The Turtles, Inc. helps Sea turtles by conserving one of their most important nesting regions, the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.



 