The Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle

• Author(s): Bobbie Kalman,
• Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
• Pages: 32
• ISBN_10: 0778706524
  ISBN_13: 9780778706526
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Marine Life , Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians , Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Turtles & Tortoises , Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / General , Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Biology , Nature / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians ,

Description:... The life cycle of this ancient species is unique in many ways. Male sea turtles live their entire lives at sea. Females come ashore only to lay their eggs, returning to the same beach on which they were born. Children will be fascinated by the journey that thousands of sea turtle babies must make to reach the sea! They will learn about: - the growth and development inside the turtle egg - their life as a hatchling - the dangerous journey back to the sea - how people can help sea turtles