Leatherback turtle
Leatherback turtle is the largest turtle species, leatherback turtle They live in the sea and travel long distances just to lay eggs and grow. In recent years, due to the harsh living environment, the number of leatherback turtles has dropped sharply. Some people predict that leatherback turtles will be completely extinct in the next 10 to 20 years. It will take People's maintenance.
Chinese name: Leatherback turtle
Latin name :Dermochelys coriacea
English name:Leatherback Turtle
Alternate names:Leatherback turtle, seven-leatherback turtle, sampan turtle, swallow turtle
Kingdom:Animals Kingdom
Phylum:Chordata
Class: Reptilida
Order: Turtles
Family:Leatherback
Genus:Leatherback
Species:Leatherback turtle
Dispersed area:Distributed throughout Europe and America , the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, where lifeThe long base was originally located between 30° north latitude and 20° south latitude. Sometimes the bait can sometimes follow the currents up north to Iceland near 70° north latitude and down south to Uruguay at 35° south latitude. They are scattered in the South China Sea, East China Sea and Yellow Sea, and have been recorded in Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Liaoning and other provinces.
Number: Roughly speaking, but it has decreased sharply compared with the past and may be destroyed within 10 years.
Food habits: Mainly fish, shrimp, crab, squid, snail, clam, starfish, sea cucumber, jellyfish and seaweed, etc., and even Including jellyfish with venomous stinging cells. It has no teeth in its mouth, but it does have large and sharp horny spines on the inner wall of its esophagus, which can grind food and then enter the stomach and intestines for digestion and absorption.
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