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title: "7 Tremendous Turtle Facts"  
description: "Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a shell developed mainly from their ribs. Here's some facts about turtles"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-02  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1734/7-tremendous-turtle-facts  
category: "wildlife"  
tags: ["Turtle", "turtle facts", "tremendous Turtle facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 7 Tremendous Turtle Facts

![7 Tremendous Turtle Facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/01bd23d9-5413-49d8-85f5-75ede8fd54a5/images/847f8edc-16c4-4fd0-8d9b-b1ead9ba4ca3.jpeg) ![7 Tremendous Turtle Facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/01bd23d9-5413-49d8-85f5-75ede8fd54a5/images/08f2b975-c897-4020-ab37-be7d24e7fafd.jpeg) Green sea turtles are unique among sea turtles in that they are primarily herbivores, eating mostly ![7 Tremendous Turtle Facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/01bd23d9-5413-49d8-85f5-75ede8fd54a5/images/2e3d73ca-c131-4f90-b3b4-aa63c245ee0f.jpeg) Sea turtles lay their eggs in a nest they dig in the sand with their rear flippers. ![7 Tremendous Turtle Facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/01bd23d9-5413-49d8-85f5-75ede8fd54a5/images/6a73896c-6e5a-46e4-b309-ab1be2e62d64.jpeg) The sex of sea turtles, like many other turtles, is determined by the temperature in the nest. ![7 Tremendous Turtle Facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/01bd23d9-5413-49d8-85f5-75ede8fd54a5/images/ed6d8ed3-aea0-4a69-b532-5f51ea100f14.jpeg) Hawksbill turtles use their beaks to help extract their favorite prey. ![7 Tremendous Turtle Facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/01bd23d9-5413-49d8-85f5-75ede8fd54a5/images/d86033d5-bb62-4896-b52b-c181f01df931.jpeg) Most sea turtles nest at night—Kemp’s ridleys sea turtles that routinely nest during the day ![7 Tremendous Turtle Facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/01bd23d9-5413-49d8-85f5-75ede8fd54a5/images/4a681532-a566-4b0f-9f87-0c62f5067fcb.jpeg) Leatherback sea turtles have existed in their current form since the age of the dinosaurs! ![7 Tremendous Turtle Facts](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/01bd23d9-5413-49d8-85f5-75ede8fd54a5/images/c1cdbc4c-3e6e-4439-9ce2-9cd51027198e.jpeg) Loggerheads spend the first 7 to 15 years (average 12 years) of their lives in the open ocean.

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