Green Sea Turtle in its natural habitat
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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

About

The green sea turtle glides through tropical and subtropical coastal waters, grazing seagrass meadows that its browsing keeps healthy. Females return across thousands of kilometres of open ocean to nest on the very beaches where they hatched.

Did you know?

Adults are one of the few sea turtles that feed almost entirely on seagrass.

Where it lives

Green Sea Turtle
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