Research Assignment: Sea Turtles
Giovanni Lorusso
The most peaceful and kindest living thing of all
the animal kingdom lives underneath the sea drifting around through the
treacherous waters that mother nature has given birth to. They
are the most ancient and discreet
reptile to have ever survived through all these years even avoided being wiped out by the
very dangerous dinosaurs. The sea turtles can be traced back to 110
million years ago belonging to a class know as the testudines known for
their shell which is its protection. The sea turtles shell is the most
important part of its structure. They are soft on the inside and soft on
the outside like human beings and our emotions we tend to hold
everything inside of us while put a tough face on for the world to see.
The sea turtles shell incloses all of
the turtles organs and is fused together with the rib cage to make a
strong impenetrable shield. The teenage mutant ninja turtles was a
cartoon growing up, they stood against evil fighting countless battles
to protect the people using there shells as protection against the
enemies attack and remained in hiding from society living in the sewers.
The shell of a turtle represents protection against evil or danger.
They are the most friendly animals from the way they drag there floppy
feet onto the sandy beaches to the slow motion bites they take like an
elderly woman eating a salad it just warms my heart.The
sea turtle however can not retract its flipper limbs or head such as
other turtles and it must avoid extreme danger by going into hiding in
such places as reefs or deep below the sea.
Home is a place where you feel safe, comfortable, strengthened, contented and rested these are somethings that the shell brings to a sea turtle. Its shell is its greatest strength, their are only seven species of these remarkable creatures left which are the green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, flatback sea turtle, olive ridley sea turtle and leatherback sea turtle. Some are so friendly they will approach divers and island guests welcoming them to their under water home. They show us no fear by swimming with people showing us maybe we should step out of our own shells sometimes and to take risks and chances i believe people some times care to much about what other people think.The sea turtles shell is used as a tray carrying around a dish full of yummy snacks such as barnacles, algae and smaller organisms that grow on it for fish and different types of shrimp. Depending on the sea turtle they can be animal eaters, plant eaters or both and equipped with these strong sharp beak that can snip away at sea grass, sponges or even crush crabs. The beak can be very intimidating to predators a sign of strength not to judge a book by its cover especially when some can even grow to 400-1000lbs of mean green fighting machine.
They are hatched into this world on the sandy beaches where they struggle to make it to the open waters because of predators such as birds,fish and racoons. Life is a struggle they work twice as hard to find their way to water escaping human obstacles such as beach chairs, sandcastles and umbrellas. Nothing in life is easy you must work hard for everything you want whether its to go to college and get that dream job or just to make it safely into the ocean waters without getting eaten. They hatch at night time to avoid being spotted easily on land during the day light and fend off another group of marine predators as well awaiting for them. What a challenge it must be to come into this world and have to immediately begin to run for your life. We are all given chances to make something of yourself just like the baby sea turtles some of us will make it and some will not. They go into hiding while they are small until they grow big enough to survive on their own. Again, life is a struggle nothing worth having comes easy it is a long hard process but will all pay of like a happy living 100 year old sea turtle.
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