Green Sea Turtle

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Green Sea Turtle
Animal Diversity Web
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Habitat
Green sea turtles live in tropical waters all over the world. The only time they emerge from the water is when they are nesting.

Food Habits
Green turtles are mostly herbivorous. They spend most of their time feeding on algae in the sea and the grass that grow in shallow waters. As juveniles, they eat plants and other organisms such as: jellyfish, crabs, sponges, snails, and worms. As adults, they are strictly herbivorous (Ernst 1994).

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