Chordata:
Scientific name: Eretmochelys Class: Reptilla Description of habitat: They use different habitats at their different stages of thier life. They are mainly seen in water more than 65 feet deep. Found in coral reefs, rocky areas, lagoons, shallow coastal areas. They feed on sea grass and sea urchins, barnaoles, small animals and sponges.
Facts: They are considered by alot of people for the most beautiful of the sea turtles of their colorful shells. Their life span is 30-50 years. They are solitary nesters, which mean they nest on low densities on small scattered beaches. They are important inhabitants of coral reefs.
Endangered: They are threatened because over the exploitation. Lots of people catch them to have thier beautiful shell as jewelry, hair decorations and other ornaments . They also are losing their home (coral reef) because of the human activities and global warming. They are slowly losing thier food sources which is putting them into greater risk.
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Human impact: The human impact would be that we are making thier home nasty. On top of that when the oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico , it made it hard from them to see. We also kill alot of them because of all the commercial fishing operations.
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Sources:
1) www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzwC6XLeUYI
2) www.seeturtles.org/hawksbill-turtles/
3) www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/critically-endangered-sea-turtles-rebound-in-nicaragua
4) www.infogr.am/hawksbill-seaturtle
5) www.seaworld.org/en/animal-info/animal-infobooks/sea-turtles/habitat-and-distribution
6) www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Amphibians-Reptiles-and-Fish/Sea-Turtles/Hawksbill-Turtle.aspx
1) www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzwC6XLeUYI
2) www.seeturtles.org/hawksbill-turtles/
3) www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/critically-endangered-sea-turtles-rebound-in-nicaragua
4) www.infogr.am/hawksbill-seaturtle
5) www.seaworld.org/en/animal-info/animal-infobooks/sea-turtles/habitat-and-distribution
6) www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Amphibians-Reptiles-and-Fish/Sea-Turtles/Hawksbill-Turtle.aspx