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Anatomy of the Sea Turtle | |||
| Very little are known about the sea turtles senses. It's believed that they have an acute sense of smell in the water. This helps the sea turtle to locate food in murky water. |  | ||
 | A sea turtle opens its mouth slightly and draws in water through the nose. It then immediately empties the water out again through the mouth. Pulsating movements of the throat are thought to be associated with smelling. | ||
| The flippers (front and behind legs) are highly evolved and adapted for swimming. Because of the design of the flippers sea turtles are slow, awkward and vulnerable on land. Forelimbs are long and paddle-like. On each fore flipper it has either one or two claws. The back flippers works as rudders, stabilizing and directing the animal as it swim. They are also used for digging, when the female enters land to nest. | |||
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