Conservation+and+Predators.

Scientists believe that a Green Sea Turtle can live up to 80 years of age! As long as their diet and environment are okay. As mentioned these beautiful creatures are on the endangered species list as they are hunted for their meat and shell. There are many organisations that aim to protect the Green Sea Turtle. They do this by monitoring the Green Sea Turtles movements and working with other nations to ensure their environment and the Green Sea Turtles themselves are protected. The Green Sea Turtles biggest threat is humans. Mostly because some people like to eat the turtle meat as well as the eggs and use their shells as hunting weapons and tools. However many of the places the previously used to hunt and kill the Green Sea Turtle now have conservation strategies enforced. Many of these places now thrive with Green Sea Turtles and many tourists visit them each year. The Green Sea Turtle eggs and hatchling's have their predators to worry about. Whilst humans are still a threat, they also have to be careful of hungry crabs and birds, who can quite easily attack a small hatchling. Adult Green Sea Turtles have two main predators, humans and sharks. Their strong shells can protect them from most other predators but sharks have really strong teeth and jaws and can cause damage to the Green Sea Turtles. With a little bit of help from everybody we can protect Green Sea Turtles from extinction, a good first step is cleaning up after ourselves. So our rubbish does not end up inside a Green Sea Turtle or polluting their breeding and feeding sites.