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Green Turtle: The Evolution Of The Sea Turtle

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The green turtle is one of the largest of the sea turtle species and the only species that are herbivores, they mostly eat seagrasses, algae and mangroves but they also eat fish and their eggs, jellyfish, sponges and various shellfish. They are named the green turtle because of the colour of their cartilage and fat not the colour of their shell, their shell has dark grey and yellow colouring. Apart from the females the come to the shore to lay eggs, sea turtles spend most of their lives underwater and are well adapted to an underwater life. Their forelimbs have evolved into long flippers made for swimming that work like paddles to push them through the water. Many of the adaptations that make sea turtles successful in the sea make them slow
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