green+sea+turtles

**__//GREEN SEA TURTLES//__** > They can grow up to be 3 1/2 feet, and weigh about 400 pounds, and can live up to 80 to 100 years old. ** "  When in the water they are peaceful,   but out of the water not so much.
 * **  Juvenile Green sea turtles are carnivorous, feeding on jellyfish and other invertebrates. As adults, however, greens are the only herbivorous (vegetarian) sea turtle, feeding on sea grasses and algae". Green sea turtles are fed romaine lettuce, gel food made from algae, and a balanced mixture of essential vitamins and minerals at the aquarium. Green sea turtles are found in all tropical and subtropical seas along the coasts of continents and islands. They populate largely due to the turtles and their eggs. In the United States Green sea turtles are endangered and threatened. Fishers are tryig to get other species and accedentally killing the turtles. Turtles are also dieing because of fishing gear or ingestion of marine debris, and especially plastics. The turtles predators are r   accoons, dogs,   foxes, seabirds, and ghost crabs prey on turtle eggs. Carnivorous fish, crabs, and seabirds eat young sea turtles.  **