6 Sea Turtles

Did you know that a turtle can lay twelve eggs in one minute? A large sea turtle lays around 150 eggs at a time. She lays all these eggs in just a few minutes.

Large sea turtles live in the warm seas of the world. Except for when they lay their eggs, they spend their whole lives in water. When it is time to lay their eggs, the females swim to land. They usually return to the place where they themselves were born. How they find their way back there is a mystery.

Using their flippers, they pull themselves along the sand. They must struggle like mountain climbers to attain their goal. When they finally reach dry sand, they rest before beginning the difficult task of laying eggs.

The turtles lay the eggs in deep holes and cover them with warm sand. The sand protects the eggs from harm. Then the females leave them. After a few weeks, if you happened to be walking along the beach, you might see the sand begin to shake in one spot. Then you would see tiny black balls coming out of the sand. The tiny heads of baby turtles!

Baby turtles have a built-in sense of direction. As soon as they are hatched, they head for the water. Once the babies swim out to sea, they don’t touch shore again until it is time for them to lay their own eggs.

你知道一只海龟能在一分钟内产下12枚蛋吗？一只大海龟一次会产下大约150枚蛋。它在短短几分钟内就会产下所有这些蛋。

大型海龟生活在世界上温暖的海域里。除了产卵的时候，它们一生都在水中度过。到了产卵的时候，雌性海龟会游到岸上。它们通常会回到自己出生的地方。它们是如何找到返回那里的路的，这是一个谜。

它们用鳍肢在沙滩上拖着自己前行。它们必须像登山者一样奋力拼搏才能达到目标。当它们最终到达干燥的沙滩时，会在开始执行产卵这一艰巨任务之前休息一下。

海龟在深洞里产卵，并用温暖的沙子覆盖它们。沙子保护这些蛋免受伤害。然后雌性海龟就会离开这些蛋。几周后，如果你碰巧在海滩上散步，你可能会看到某个地方的沙子开始晃动。然后你会看到小小的黑色球体从沙子里钻出来。那是小海龟的小脑袋！

小海龟有一种天生的方向感。它们一孵化出来就会朝水的方向前进。一旦小海龟游向大海，在它们自己到了产卵的时候之前，不会再靠近海岸。