![]() The warmer temperature meant that the young ridleys were mostly females. ![]() One study of olive ridley seaturtles found that trawling delayed the arrival of the female turtles at their nesting sites, and the females laid their eggs later in the year, when temperatures were warmer. For turtles, the danger is not in accidentally collecting them but rather in disturbing them as they move from feeding grounds to nesting sites. In this kind of fishing, a device scrapes the seafloor and collects animals that live on the bottom. Trawling is a type of fishing business that many scientists believe is dangerous to marine life, including seaturtles. When the winter months arrive, many turtles migrate (MY-grayt) to warmer tropical waters, but some drop down to the muddy bottoms of coastal waters and bury themselves there to survive the coldest temperatures. The distance between the two places can result in a trek, or journey, of 190 miles (306 kilometers) or more, one way. Usually, the feeding grounds are in temperate waters, which are neither very warm nor very cold the nesting areas, on the other hand, are in tropical waters, which are very warm. An individual seaturtle may travel hundreds of miles to go from its feeding area to its nesting site and back. Perhaps the most famous behavior of seaturtles is migration (my-GRAY-shun). Sea grasses make up the majority of its diet. The green seaturtle is the only member of the family that is known to prefer eating plants. Their diets are made up of a variety of marine, or sea, animals, including fishes snails and other mollusks (MAH-lusks), or animals with a soft, unsegmented body covered by a shell barnacles and other crustaceans (krus-TAY-shuns), or animals with a soft, segmented body covered by a shell and certain sponges and sea urchins. Most seaturtles are primarily meat eaters. They are more common close to shore than far out to sea, and they feed and nest at sites along the coastlines on continental shelves, or shallow plains forming the borders of continents. These turtles live in saltwater from the tropics to areas with mild climates well north and south of the equator, the imaginary circle around Earth that is midway between the poles. Seaturtles inhabit all the oceans of the world and the Mediterranean Sea. The leatherbacks have a carapace that measures 6 to 7 feet (1.8–2.1 meters) in length. The largest members of the family, the leatherback seaturtles, tip the scales at half a ton (454 kilograms) or more. Unlike many other turtles, they cannot retract, or pull back, their limbs or heads into their shells. Seaturtles are excellent swimmers, gliding through the water with sweeps of their large, broad, and powerful front limbs, which look like flippers or paddles. The lower shell, or plastron (PLAS-trun), is a bit smaller than in most turtles and attaches to the upper shell by tough but flexible tissues called ligaments (LIH-guh-ments), rather than the bony bridge common to land turtles. Their upper shell, or carapace (KARE-a-pays), is quite flat rather than highly rounded. The seaturtles are large animals that live in the ocean. LOGGERHEAD TURTLE ( Caretta caretta): SPECIES ACCOUNTS ![]() The bamboo used for our gift boxes is plantation grown and it is not a source of food or habitat for endangered pandas.SEATURTLES: Cheloniidae GREEN SEATURTLE ( Chelonia mydas): SPECIES ACCOUNTS This minimizes tarnishing, enhances the appearance and significantly strengthens the pieces. ![]() ![]() All of our cloisonne jewelry is enameled on its backside - a process known as counter enameling. When heated in a kiln, the enamel becomes a brilliant, color-fast glass. Natural colored minerals are ground to a fine powder and mixed with water to form a mixture that is hand applied to the sterling silver foundation using tiny spatulas, delicate paint brushes, or small syringes. The word cloisonne comes from the French cloison, meaning cell, and refers to the process of arranging dozens of tiny cells on the surface of each jewelry piece, then filling the cells with colored enamel. Packaged in a delightful eco-friendly bamboo gift box.Master artisans create this sea turtle design with colored glass granules.Handcrafted enamel Green Sea Turtle pendant in sterling silver.Features 6 aurora borealis Swarovski crystals measuring 3 millimeters each.Sea Turtle Necklace Green Turtle Enamel Cloisonne Jewelry by Bamboo. ![]()
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