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The Sea Turtle

  • 100 Million years of evolution
    1 BCE

    100 Million years of evolution

    Sea Turtles have been adapting and surviving one this planet for more then 100 million years even surviving the dinosaur extinction.
  • The first concern

    The population of green sea turtles starts to diminish and bring attention to the problem.
  • 1970 Endangered

    1970 Endangered

    They were put on the endangered species list.
  • 1978 Ban

    1978 Ban

    This where the Sea turtles that nested hit a low point not its lowest but it is a turning point where the 1978 ban on harming the sea turtle or the turtles nests.
  • 1980 Rise in population

    The sea turtle population begins to slightly rise which is a good thing but the population is still low.
  • 1990 nesting high point

    1990 nesting high point

    A high point in the turtle nesting population to 2,385 nests
  • Habitat

    Sea turtles like warm waters and all but one species of sea turtles are on the endangered list.
  • Behavior

    They live most of there life in the ocean which makes to hard to keep track of the population.