
The female turtle lays approximately 50 - 200 eggs on the beach. After she lays the eggs the female covers the eggs up with sand and then she leaves them. About six weeks later the eggs will hatch while 20 % of the eggs never hatch.
Once the eggs hatch they will be special predators like crabs,bird.
after they reach the sea approximately only 50% will survive the journey to the sea.Babies sea turtles are approximately the same size of our palm.
Finally the sea turtle reaches the sea and looks for hiding places like seaweed. There are many dangers for babies in the sea such as waves,Sharks,dolphins,sea bird for when the babies come up for air.50% of the babies that do make it to the sea,die in the sea.
Lastly the female turtle start breeding at age 20 years old.and adults live approx live for 80 years.Once a female turtle is ready to lay her eggs she crawls on to the beach and digs a hole in the sand so that she can lay her eggs there.Finally the sea turtle life cycle will start all over again.
By Mahalet