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Leatherback Sea Turtle

• The estimated population of the Leatherback Sea Turtle females is about 26,000 to 43,000.  They are declining rapidly which affects the number of sea turtle babies. Leatherback Sea Turtle page, http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/printable/leatherback-sea-turtle.html
• the Leatherback Turtle lays  80 to 100 eggs !  But only a  approximately one out of a thousand makes it to adulthood. The complete book of Animals
• The Leatherback Sea Turtle, unlike most reptiles, keeps it’s body temperature warm and for this reason they have been found as far north as British Columbia, Canada, and as far south as the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.  Leatherback Sea Turtle page, http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/printable/leatherback-sea-turtle.html
  
• The Leatherback Sea Turtle is the largest turtle in existence. Wild Wild World, p. 98
• The Leatherback Turtle’s carapace is made up of thousands of timy bone fragments which makes the shell slightly flexible.  - The Complete Book of Animals, p. 136
• Letherback Turles are the only turtles to survive in waqter under 40 degrees farenheight.  The Letherback Turtle has a fatty, oily layer that keeps in heat so they are warmer than the sea around them.  They also know how to pump blood out of the flippers to warm the brain and the heart. - Sea Turtles, Ocean Nomads p.12
• The Leatherback Turtle can swim up to 20 miles each day. The complete Book of Animals, p. 136
• The front flippers are the same length of the leatherback turtle itself.  The Complete Book of Animals, p. 136
• The Leatherback Turle is declining because of beach development on which they lay their eggs. The Complete Book of Animals, p. 136

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