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Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
21.4755, -158.226
Field Notes
Description:
The Green Sea Turtle, AKA: Black Sea Turtle, Pacific Green Turtle, or Honu, is a large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. Its range extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The common name comes from the usually green fat found beneath its carapace. Like other sea turtles, green sea turtles migrate long distances between feeding grounds and hatching beaches. Many islands worldwide are known as Turtle Island due to green sea turtles nesting on their beaches.
Habitat:
Four Green Sea Turtles swimming together at Makaha Beach, Oahu, Hawaii.
Notes:
I found three sea turtles swimming in circles around one another, then a fourth joined in moments later (anyone know what a group of sea turtles is called?). They all kept going around, like a strange, undersea honu dance. Best part is, when the show was over one swam over and got in my face. Did she not want me watching their show?
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