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| Depending on her age she will lay between 100 to 200 eggs. She then uses the flippers to cover the eggs with sand and returns to the sea. She will return to the same beach 10-20 days later to lay more eggs. Actually she can return several times during a season to lay several nests. | |||
| The hatchlings look for the brightest spot on the horizon when they emerge from the nest. This s normally the sea reflecting whatever light there is in the sky. Now a dange-rous trip starts as they head for the sea. As long as they stay on the beach they're prey for gulls, hawks, ghost crabs, vultures etc. Once they are in the ocean, the turtles become potential prey for octopi, sharks, and other large fish. |  | ||
 | The Green sea turtle are known to travel long distances between feeding sites and the beach were they hatched. It's seen that some turtles even have migrated more than 2.600 kilometers to get to the right beach. Usually females take this trip every two to four years. Even though there hasn't been that much documentation on the males, there are known examples that have taken the trip every year. | ||
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