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 * Hawks Bill Sea Turtle**

__**Basic Information**__

My animal for this project is the Hawksbill Sea Turtle, scientifically named the Eretmochelys Imbricata. This sea turtle is usually found in the coral reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific ocean.They can weigh between 90-150 lbs and are smaller than 3 feet in length. Hawksbill Sea Turtles don't have much of a variety of what they eat. They eat Sea Anemone, Jelly fish, and Sponges. The only thing that can eat a sea animal that big in size is a Shark.

__**Reproduction**__

The gestation period for the Hawksbill Sea turtle is usually around 14 days. They only lay their eggs between the moths of April and November. They can lay up to 200 eggs at a time. __**Endangerment**__

The reason Hawksbill sea turtles are __critically endangered__ is because of humans. People kill them for two reasons. One being that their shells are so magnificent. The shells of the Hawksbill sea turtle is quite outstanding, but people kill them to make money off of their shells. The second reason is that people will use their fins to make soup. They will make it and sell it on the black market in foreign countries. //The Endangered Species Act// has set up a thing called "Critical Habitat." Critical Habitats are places that this specie of sea turtle lives that it is illegal to kill them. __**How I can** **help**__

There are many ways to help out the Hawksbill sea turtles. One of the ways is that we can donate to the //World Wildlife Fund.// That fund helps out many species, but I would want to donate to help the Hawksbill Sea Turtles. __**Bibliography**__


 * nmfs.noaa.gov
 * worldwildlife.org
 * fws.gov
 * biologicaldiversity.org
 * seapics.com

__**My Presentation**__

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