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Green turtle has a
bigger type of build. The length of mature turtle¡¦s
shell is about 90~120 cm. It weight can be over 100
kg. It is named because the fat of its body is full
of chlorophyll coming from its main food, seaweeds.
It has a moderate temper, no teeth, and it can not
shrink limbs and head into tortoise-shell like land
turtles when it gets into scrapes, but it can get
out of attacking from the natural enemy in the sea
through its big build and nice swimming skill.
General speaking, male turtle¡¦s tail is longer than
female¡¦s, but it is hard to be recognized in unripe
period. Besides climbing to lay eggs, they pass days
in the ocean all their life. Green turtle
distributes over the sea area in the tropics and the
subtropical zone, and lays eggs on the beach at more
than 25¢J. They are very loyal to their habitats that
as soon as those places are confirmed, they will
return to the hatchery or habitat whatever how far
they should swim. The green turtles reproduce in
Wangan Township of Penghu which mating season is in
every April and May, and nesting season is from May,
June to the middle and the end of October. They
incubate for about 50 days, and the sex of sea
turtle depends on sand temperature in the end of
incubation period. According to studies, when the
temperature is higher than 30¢J, most incubated eggs
are female turtles; when the temperature is lower
than 28¢J, most incubated eggs are male turtles; only
between 28¢J and 30¢J, the ratio of young green turtle
is 1:1. Young green turtles have many natural
enemies so that their death rate is very high.
According to estimations, among every thousand young
turtles, there is only one young turtle that can
grow up. Mature female turtles return to their
birthplaces to lay eggs every two to four or five
years on average. Migration for laying would be a
stable migration style of hatchery ¡ö¢w¢w¡÷foraging
place with distance that can be as far as more than
thousands of kilometers. |