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Sea turtle

Traveller of the sea

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The story for kids

This is a sea turtle. It swims with its big flippers, like wings. A turtle can live for more than fifty years, and it lays its eggs in the sand, on the very same beach where it was born.

Facts

  • It can live for more than 50 years.
  • It lays its eggs in the sand on the same beach where it was born.
  • It can sleep underwater for several hours.

Numbers

Size
~1 m
Eats
Seagrass, jellyfish

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