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The Sea Turtle

  • 1 BCE

    100 Million years of evolution

    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.