Why Only 2 Out of 1000 Sea Turtles Survive Long Enough to Lay Eggs
The sea turtle population is in danger! This video from Ted Ed explains the survival rate of these precious reptiles: Ted Ed – The Survival of the Sea Turtle “At approximately two decades of age, the surviving sea turtles will be old enough themselves to breed and continue the cycle in which their very existence heralds.” Scott Gass explains in the Ted-Ed video. “Of those that began as eggs on a distant beach, less than 10 percent remain — at least those were the odds prior to significant human interference.” “Over the past century, and in particular in the...
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