Reptile
Green Sea Turtle
Scientific name: Chelonia mydas
This is a green sea turtle. It swims in warm seas all over the world!
Quick facts
- Size
- Length: 1.5 m (5 ft)
- Weight
- 318 kg (701 lb)
- Food
- Plant eater
- Awake
- Active by day
- In the wild
- Least concern
- There are lots of them in the wild.
All about the Green Sea Turtle
Green sea turtles are big turtles that live in warm coastal seas all over the world. Grown-ups munch on sea grass and seaweed, while young turtles also eat small animals like crabs and jellyfish. They travel long distances between their feeding places and the beaches where they lay their eggs.
Fun facts
One star is easy, three stars are for big explorers.
- Easy
Grown-up green sea turtles eat sea grass and seaweed.
- Medium
A mother green sea turtle often lays her eggs on the same beach that her own mother used.
- Medium
A mother turtle lays 100 to 200 eggs in a nest that she digs in the sand.
- Hard
Green sea turtle eggs hatch after about two months.
- Hard
Thanks to people protecting them and their nesting beaches, there are more green sea turtles today than in the 1970s.
Where does it live?
The coloured places on the map show where the Green Sea Turtle lives in the wild.
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
What does the Green Sea Turtle eat?
- AlgaeFavourite food
- Grass
Play and learn
Games with this animal and its friends.
