Turtle or tortoise?

These animals have a kind of enough. He lives in the sea and has similarities with turtles. These animals can swim up to speed 50km/hour. but he is very slow when on the ground. His movements are unique and distinctive as described acumen swimmer fascinating seabed. This may illustrate how unique and beautiful to see these animals free swimming below sea level. By moving the front legs to control the swimming speed and movement, the animal is moving fast on the seabed. Also with the help of the rear leg as a counterweight to the perfection of the style as a stunning pool.

Existence turtle

Turtle found in all oceans of the world. According to the data to scientists, sea turtles have existed since the late Jurassic period (145 to 208 million years ago) or the same age as the dinosaurs. At that time Archelon, length measuring six meters, and has been swimming in Cimochelys ancient sea turtles like the present.

Turtle form

Turtle has a pair of front legs of a leg which gave him the agility rower in the water swimming. Although his life wandering in the water, the occasional groups of vertebrate animals, reptiles classes that still have to occasionally rise to the surface of the water to take a breath. That's because turtles breathe with lungs. Turtle generally migrate to large distances with a time not too long. Distance of 3000 miles can be taken 58 to 73 days.Spawning period

Spawning period

Turtle has a variety of laying cycle, from 2 to 8 years. While male turtles spend their whole lives at sea, the females sometimes come to the mainland to lay their eggs. The female turtle liked the quiet sandy beach of the people and noise and light sources as a place that hundreds of eggs that, in holes dug with a pair of legs behind it. At the time of landing to lay eggs, disruption of light or sound can make a turtle out the attack and returned to the sea.

Turtle that hatched in the coastal waters of Indonesia have found around the Hawaiian Islands. Not much regeneration produced a turtle. From the hundreds of eggs released by a female turtle, at most only a dozen children who managed to turtles to the sea again and grow up. It did not take into account the factor of hunting by humans and natural predators such as crabs, birds and mice on the beach, and large fish so Tukik (son of turtle) the waters in touch.

In places where popular as a turtle laying eggs usually hatching station is now built to help improve the level of kelulushidupan (survival). In Indonesia, for example, there are hatching station at:

* The southern coast of West Java (Pangumbahan, Chelonia Cikepuh KSPL UNAS)
* The southern coast of Bali (near Kuta)
* Central Kalimantan (FNPF Branch River)
* South coast Lombok
* East Java (Alas Purwo)
Type turtle

In today's world there are only seven species of turtle that has survived, namely the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) turtle Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempi) sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) turtles flat (Natator depressus ) turtle urn (Caretta caretta)

Of these seven species, only the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle that was never recorded was found in Indonesian waters.

Of these species, the turtle is the biggest starfruit with body length reaches 2.75 meters and weighs 600 to 900 pounds. Cracked turtle is the smallest, weighing about 50 kilograms. Demikin However, the most common type found in the green turtle. Turtles, especially the green turtle, is a plant-eating animals that occasionally prey on some small animals.

Turtle conservation

Almost all types of turtles belong to the list of animals protected by national laws or international because it was feared to become extinct due to the fewer numbers. In addition to star fruit turtle, two other species, Kemp's Ridley sea turtle and the hawksbill turtle are also classified as highly endangered by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Green turtle (Chelonia mydas), turtle cracked or gray turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) and loggerhead turtle urn or (Caretta caretta) is classified as threatened with extinction. Only flat turtle (Natator depressus) is estimated not threatened.

Some people think the turtle is one of the marine animals that have many advantages. In addition to shell cendramata interesting, tasty meat to be Satay turtle stabbed efficacious herbs for medicinal and beauty. Especially in China and Bali, the turtle into the moon-monthly arrested, eaten, evicted from the beach, telurnyapun taken. Although the existing Government Regulation No. 7 of 1999 on the preservation of plants and animals, which protects all sea turtle species, the hunting of animals slow down this continues. To prevent the extinction of sea turtles, especially sea turtles starfruit, some countries have to protect the turtles lay their eggs. One of them is in the Medi Jamursba, which is located on the north coast of Irian. The beach was recently designated as conservation areas.

Different turtle and tortoise-turtle

The fundamental difference between the turtle with a turtle at sea life including sea turtles and the turtles live in fresh water or land, and sea turtles finned / angeltje while turtles have fingers (handed), head of the turtle can not get into the kerapas but turtles turtles get into the (sideways or into karapas).