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Chelonia mydas
Green turtles can grows up to 140 cm in lenght and 300 kg in weight.
They live in warm and temperate waters of all the oceans. Every 2-3 years female comes back to the beach to lay eggs. After 50-70 days hatchlings emerge at night and run to the sea. Young feed on small invertebrates and fish, adults mainly on plants.
Sex of the hatchling depends on the temperature of incubation of eggs.
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