🤓 20 Sec Animal Facts: Sea Turtle Edition 🐢🌊 | WWF Germany

🤓 20 Sec Animal Facts: Sea Turtle Edition 🐢🌊

There are seven sea turtle species worldwide. They all descend from tortoises or freshwater turtles, which have adapted to the sea habitat since the Cretaceous period around 100 million years ago. Today they are distributed worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas and can be found both on the high seas and near the coast.

There are seven sea turtle species worldwide. They all descend from tortoises or freshwater turtles, which have adapted to the sea habitat since the Cretaceous period around 100 million years ago. Today they are distributed worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas and can be found both on the high seas and near the coast.

Sea turtle species are strictly protected in most countries and from international trade - and yet populations of all species have declined dramatically in recent decades.

Animals are hunted for their meat and shells, their eggs are collected, and reckless beach development and rising sea levels are making it difficult for turtles to lay eggs. Increased temperatures caused by the climate crisis are allowing more females than males to mature in the sand, leading to a glaring gender disproportion.

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