14 Facts About Sea turtle

The seventh sea turtle species is the flatback, which exists in the waters of Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

The leatherback sea turtle is the only extant member of the family Dermochelyidae.

The flatback sea turtle is found solely on the northern coast of Australia.

The Kemp's ridley sea turtle is found solely in the Gulf of Mexico and along the East Coast of the United States.

Once the sea turtle has reached adulthood it moves closer to the shore.

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In 2007, Reich determined that green sea turtle hatchlings spend the first three to five years of their lives in pelagic waters.

Remarkably, sea turtle respiration remains aerobic for the vast majority of voluntary dive time.

Sea turtle grass needs to be constantly cut short to help it grow across the sea floor.

Sea turtle grazing helps maintain the health of the sea grass beds.

The flatback sea turtle is considered as "data deficient", meaning that its conservation status is unclear due to lack of data.

In one study on the freshwater Arrau turtle researchers examined the effects of nest relocation.

In 2015, an olive ridley sea turtle was found with a plastic drinking straw lodged inside its nose.

Sea turtle shells are an ideal habitat for adult barnacles for three reasons.

However, mortality in sea turtle barnacles is often driven by their host shedding the scutes on which the barnacle is attached, rather than the death of the sea turtle itself.