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Green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
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Field Notes
Description:
The green sea turtle possesses a flattened body covered by a large, teardrop-shaped carapace and a pair of large, paddle-like flippers. It is usually lightly colored, although parts of the carapace can be almost black in the eastern Pacific. Unlike other members of its family, such as the hawksbill sea turtle and loggerhead sea turtle, C. mydas is mostly herbivorous. The adults commonly inhabit shallow lagoons, feeding mostly on various species of seagrasses.
Habitat:
Mackay Reef, Great Barrier Reef Queensland, Australia.
Notes:
Turtles of this size have few predators, aside from very large sharks, and are accordingly relaxed in their reef homes. The ones at MacKay reef were very used to snorkelers and let us get quite close to them before leisurely swimming away.
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