1. Created by Jack Willis. June 2010

2.  You are at Cape Cod. At the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. You pick up a rock. It looks weird. It slips out of your hands. It was a young sea turtle!

3.  The oceans are homes to many animals and sea turtles.  Sea turtles are mostly found in the Atlantic ocean.

4.  Sea turtles mostly eat plants.  Their favorite food is sea grasses.

5.  Baby sea turtles hatch about 2 months after the mother lays them.  Babies use their egg tooth to break the egg.  Babies have to take care of themselves.

6.  Almost all people care about sea turtles.  There aren’t as many sea turtles as there used to be.  Some people still hunt sea turtles.  Sometimes sea turtles get caught in nets.

7.  Scientists think sea turtles can live up t0 100 years old!  Sea turtles are cold blooded. They change their body temperature to the air and the water.