Green Turtle Research Paper

The endangered species I chose to talk about in my summary is the Green Turtle. The scientific name for a green turtle is Chelonia Mydas which is also a chelonian which means they have four legs and a tough shell that is made up of two parts which join at the sides. The green turtle is one of the largest sea turtles in the world and the only herbivore. Green turtles are of course named after their green color of their body and shell. Green turtles are mainly found in tropical and subtropical waters. I chose to write my summary on green turtles because I find them very interesting and I love the way they look. I recently went on a cruise and was able to visit a green turtle farm and it was an amazing experience. Green turtles are in a state of endanger because of several different reasons such as: threatening of overharvesting of eggs, hunting, getting caught in fishing gear and loss of nesting sites. Thousands of green turtles are caught in fishing nets and on longline hooks. Green turtles use oxygen to breathe so when they are caught in nets and on hooks they typically cannot reach the surface and eventually drown. The more fishing that occurs the more dangerous it will be for the green turtles. Human activity and vehicles on the beach have been increasing causing no clean beaches for the green turtles to nest on. Humans hunt green turtles to …show more content…
Now the abundance has been slowly decreasing over the years and is now in a state of endanger or collapse. The green turtles are now in this state from hunting, being killed in fishing gear, overharvesting of their eggs, humans taking over their nesting sites and etc. There are many ways to help keep these beautiful green turtles from being endangered such as keeping the beaches clean and private where they can have their nesting sites and also by not overharvesting the green turtle