Sea Turtle Lifecycle
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Sea turtle lifecycle. The life cycle of turtles begins with female sea turtles coming on to the beach at night to lay a nest of 100 200 eggs. The female sea turtle is able to lay 100 to 200 eggs. Once ready to hatch they break out of the egg with an egg tooth called a caruncle and move slowly up the sand until they get to the surface and then head to the water. The following text describes the various stages in sea turtles lifecycles and corresponds to the lifecycle diagram above.
What is the sea turtle life cycle. Baby turtles or hatchlings are completely independent at birth and never see their mothers. Much of their juvenile and adult lives are spent in coastal feeding areas. Sea turtle life cycle teaching resources for key stage 1 year 1 year 2.
During nesting season females come ashore to lay eggs within a few weeks of mating. Sea turtle lifecycle in detail. Coastal water feeding area. Baby turtles or hatchlings start out as eggs that are laid in nests on beaches around the world.
Sea turtles become sexually mature between about 11 and 40 years old. Nests hatch in 40 to 60 days depending on the species. Once sexually mature adult males and females migrate towards the area where they hatched. As young or juvenile turtles they head out to sea.
The average lifespan of a sea turtle can vary from 30 to over 100 years depending upon the species. As soon as they come out of the nest hatchlings crawl as fast as possible to the sea and swim towards the open ocean. Life cycle of sea turtle. Professional ks1 life cycles teaching resources.
There is a lot to know about the life cycle of a sea turtle. After fertilization the female sea turtle lays her eggs in a nest on a beach. 1 the egg stage 1 sea turtles prefer warm beaches in order to lay eggs.