Weekly Endangered Species Report

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Hawksbill Sea Turtles

By Matthew Gu

The hawksbill sea turtle, or eretmochelys imbricata, is a critically endangered species found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Commonly used for both religious and decorative purposes, their brown-and-yellow shells are sought out by countless illegal hunters. The thing is, they prefer higher waters, leaving them easily exposed to things like pollution, coastal development, and of course the loss of feeding and nesting habitats. Along with this, their eggs are still a common food around the world, disabling their ability to reproduce more.

 Hawksbill sea turtles usually feed on sponges, which is part of the reason they're close to the surface. Their head ends in a sharp point. They're also omnivorous like humans, eating crustaceans, jellyfish, fish, sea urchins, and marine algae. Compared to other turtles, they're quite small-they only grow up to about 45 inches in shell length and 150 pounds. Because of their eating habits, they help clear reefs and make it better for fish and keep the ecosystem balanced. Overall, hawksbill sea turtles are a wonderful species, and they should be preserved.

 Here is a picture of the Hawksbill Sea Turtle-

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Family:Cheloniidae
Genus:Eretmochelys
Species:E. imbricata
Links
National Wildlife Federation

National Geographic- Hawksbill Sea Turtle

World Wildlife- Hawksbill Sea Turtle

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