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Chelonia Mydas: The Green Sea Turtle

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The Chelonia mydas most commonly known as the green sea turtle is 4ft turtle who spends majority of their life under the sea. Weighing in on average at 350 pounds at adult their symmetry is radial. Protecting their body is a hard shell that is like an oval-heart shape. Their shell and body both consist of brown and olive tones with a yellow underbelly. The babies shells consist of darker brown shades and white underbelly.

What do the Chelonia mydas call home? The Chelonia mydas don 't just call one place home they live all over. They prefer the tropical and warmer oceans and sandy shores. Green sea turtles live in almost all the oceans in the world excluding the oceans that are located in the colder regions (ex Arctic Ocean). They spend
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