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[|Pictures for animal] __**Hawks Bill Sea Turtle**__

The Hawks Bill Sea Turtle lays eggs. It takes about 30 years for the turtle to lay its first egg. My animal is a sea creature and lives under the sea, off the coast of South America. This turtle eats barnacle and reef agile. Their large shells keep them protected from many predators but they still fall as prey to large fish.

The Hawks Bill Sea Turtle is threatened by people who want to sell the turtle or the eggs on the black market. The IUCN status of it is at critically endangered meaning its on the edge of extinction in the wild, so they will start having to put the turtles in protective habitats. people are helping the turtle by even recycling. A lot of waste is dumped into the sea to where the sea turtles are suffocating on plastic. My plan to help the Sea Turtles is to recycle so there is less plastic in the ocean and to encourage my friends to recycle as well. I also am thinking about trying to raise money to help them by making a lemonade stand and donating the money earned to the WWF.

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