Turtle

Turtle is a sea turtle . Turtles are found in all oceans of the world. According to the data the scientists , the turtle has existed since the end of the Jurassic ( 145-208 million years ago ) or the age of the dinosaurs. At that time Archelon , which measures body length of six feet , and Cimochelys been swimming in the primordial sea turtles such as the present.
Turtle has a pair of front legs which gives him a leg rower dexterity swimming in the water . Although the rest of his life wandering in the water , the occasional group of vertebrate animals , reptiles classes that still have to occasionally obat tradisional sariawan rise to the surface to take a breath . That's because turtles breathe with lungs . Turtles usually migrate to a considerable distance with time is not too long . Distance of 3,000 miles can be taken 58-73 days .
laying period

Turtle egg-laying cycle diverse experience , from 2-8 years. While the male turtles spend their entire life at sea , females occasionally stopping to land to lay eggs . Female turtles like a deserted sandy beach of man and the source of noise and light as a nesting place of hundreds , in holes dug with a pair of hind limbs . At the time of landing to lay eggs , such as light or sound disorders can make turtles out the attack and returned to the sea .
Turtles that hatch in Indonesian coastal waters there are found around the islands of Hawaii . Turtles known to be loyal to his birthplace .
Not much regeneration produced a turtle . Of the hundreds of eggs released by a female turtle , at most only a dozen hatchlings ( baby turtles ) that made ​​it to the sea again and grow up . It also does not take into account the factor of human hunting and natural predators such as crabs , birds and rodents on the beach , as well as the big fish so the hatchling in the water touched .
In places popular as a turtle nesting site usually hatching station is now built to help improve the survival rate (survival ) . In Indonesia, for example, there is a hatch on the station :
The south coast of West Java ( Pangumbahan , Cikepuh KSPL Chelonia UNAS )
Bali's southern coast ( near Kuta )
Central Kalimantan ( FNPF Branch River )
the south coast of Lombok
East Java ( Alas Purwo )
Bengkulu ( Muko - Muko ilir Cracked )
Pangkep Cangke Island Prov . south Sulawesi
Drying Island Rokan Hilir in Riau Province ( More info visit the Official Website )

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