lat. Chelonioidea
SEA TURTLE
The facts
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A male sea turtle spends its entire life under the sea.
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Sea turtles have eye glands that allow them to get rid of excess salt in their eyes.
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Their eggs are round in shape.
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Female sea turtles lay about 150 eggs at a time.
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Turtles have built-in GPS. They sense small variations in the Earth's magnetic fields that allow them to navigate at sea.
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Female sea turtles will return to the beach where they were born many years later to lay their eggs.
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They enjoy traveling around and can cover over 10,000 km each year.
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The largest sea turtle ever discovered weighed about 900 kg and was 3 meters long.