Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Does a Hawksbill Sea Turtle have any special survival behaviors or adaptations?like migration,camouflage,etc.?


Answers:
They sure do. It's unfortunate that these beautiful animals are still endangered however.

For physical characteristics:
Cited below:

The Hawksbill Sea turtle has two pairs of prefrontal scales on its carapace. It also has thick posterior overlapping scutes along with 4 pairs of costal scutes. This sea turtle has two claws on each flipper and a beak like mouth. The above features help in uniquely distinguishing the Hawksbill Sea turtle from all other sea turtles.

Migration:
Like most turtles of this kind their body structure allows for long bouts of migration/swimming.

Here are some links and resources about the animal, it's habitat, status etc.

Hope this helps!
it would be much easier for you if you just looked up a website that had Hawksbill Sea Turtle information on it.
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As with other sea turtles it is well designed to camouflage with its environment, many young ones seek refuge in mangrove swamps.

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