Green Sea Turtle

Description:

The green sea turtle can grow to be 5 feet long and the average weight of a fully grown turtle can very from anywhere between 68-190kg. Also, these sea turtles can very in color from olive-green, yellow, greenish-brown, or brownish-black. Another species that shares the same environment would be Jellyfish. They live in warmer water in the Pacific Ocean near the green sea turtle in the same environment. A symbiotic relationship between the green sea turtle and the yellow tang fish would be an example of mutualism. In this relationship both species benefit, the tang fish love to eat algae and the green sea turtle gets algae on it's flippers and shell so when the turtle goes to the ocean floor by the coral reefs the fish surround the turtle and find where there is algae on it and eat it off. In conclusion the fish get a good meal and the turtle gets clean flippers and shell. allowing it to swim more easily. A way that sea turtles are designed to live in their environment is that they spend most of their life under water but must breath in air for the oxygen needed to meet the demands of their energy filled activity. with a single breath they can quickly replace the air in their lungs. Sea turtles reproduce sexually. Males are easily distinguishable from the females by having a larger tail and longer claws on the front flippers. The hatching time of the eggs and sex of the turtles are determined by the temperature of the nest. The hatching's occur more quickly in nests that are warmer than nests that are in cooler conditions. The position of the egg in the nest also affects sex-determination. Eggs in the middle tend to hatch as females due to the warmer conditions within the nest.

Habitat:

The niche's for the Hawaiian green sea turtle would be: the ocean, little fish, fish eggs, Jellyfish, algae, sharks, coral reefs, sand beach, rocks and other ocean species (etc).