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The Hawksbill sea turtle belongs to the Cheloniidae family.
They grow to about forty five centimetres and weigh around one hundred and fifty pounds.
When they are young shell is a heart shape, but as they mature the shell stretches out. The shell has overlapping bony plates, which helps to protect them from predators. The head ends in a point. They have claws on each flipper. The females have shorter claws and duller in colour than the males.
They are found in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. They swim with the coastline where there are coral reefs and sponges where they can feed. The like to prey on algae, crustaceans, jellyfish and fish.
They migrate to feed and to breed. The mate every three years and return to the same beach every time. The females digs a hole in the sand to deposit her eggs and covers it over again. The females goes back to sea. The eggs are there for sixty days before hatching. When they are hatched, they make a mad dash to the sea to avoid being eaten.
Society, N. (2015). Hawksbill Sea Turtles, Hawksbill Sea Turtle Pictures, Hawksbill Sea Turtle Facts - National Geographic. [online] National Geographic. Available at: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/hawksbill-turtle/ [Accessed 14 Apr. 2015].
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