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Green sea turtle near Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia
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The green sea turtle is among the largest of the seven sea turtle species, with some reaching 1.5 metres in length and weighing around 320 kilograms. They live throughout the world's subtropical waters, and like other sea turtles, they migrate long distances for food – but will return to hatch their own eggs on the same select nesting beaches where they were born. This turtle was spotted swimming in its Great Barrier Reef habitat near Lady Elliot Island, a coral cay that's a key nesting site for both green sea turtles and less bulky loggerheads.
Turtle time
The green sea turtle is among the largest of the seven sea turtle species, with some reaching 1.5 metres in length and weighing around 320 kilograms. They live throughout the world's subtropical waters, and like other sea turtles, they migrate long distances for food – but will return to hatch their own eggs on the same select nesting beaches where they were born. This turtle was spotted swimming in its Great Barrier Reef habitat near Lady Elliot Island, a coral cay that's a key nesting site for both green sea turtles and less bulky loggerheads.
Green sea turtles can grow to over 1.5 metres in length and weigh several hundred kilograms.
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