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= About them = ===Sea turtles are one of the oldest animals alive on the planet they have been living since prehistoric times specifically 100 million years ago. The sea turtles that have strive for so long are now an endangered species. Their are three types of sea turtles. Their biggest threats are humans. The pollution in ocean is a dig deal because they can mistake a plastic bag floating in the water as a jelly fish when they eat the plastic bag it chokes them and they die.One things that sea turtles never do is get caught in a fishing net. Sea turtles live on land for most of their lives. Females lay their eggs in a nest in a tree. They can lay op to 7 eggs a time.=== = Diet = ===The diet of the sea turtle usually consists of algae, jelly fish, and other under water plants. you would think that while sea turtles are scavenging they would get caught in fishing nets but they have an amazing sence of direction.=== = Birth = ===Since sea turtles spend most of their live on land when the time comes for a mother sea turtle to give birth, the mother swims across the ocean. Then she finds a nice little island, climbs up a tree and then they make a nest. The mother sea turtle can only lay 7 eggs=== ===at a time. when the baby sea turtles are born they are called pups. Also unlike many other species of aquatic mammals they stay with their pups and guide them to the water, where they swim back to the land where they came from.===

= where they are found =

The three types of sea turtle are only found Indian ocean. Most people who live in the Atlantic of pacific ocean regions may never see a sea turtle as long as they live.
= How You can Help = === If you are touched by the sad story of the endangered sea turtles log on www.saveleseaturtles.org There you will be able to buy suviners and the money that you spend will go to a numerous amounts of charities that will help save the sea turtles. Or you could follow the 5 rules of protecting sea turtles... === = =
 * 1) ===Don't interrupter a nesting sea turtle===
 * 2) ===If you live on the beach buy sea turtle proof lights===
 * 3) ===don't interrupt when baby sea turtles are making their way to the water.===
 * 4) ===don't pollute the water===
 * 5) ===DONATE MONEY TO OUR CHARITY===