The Life cycle of a Sea turtle

I am learning to inform my audience through explanation

Sea turtles are a miracle. They have lived for roughly 150 million years and are still here today. With five species been seen in our waters, seven still alive and six endangered we need to take care of them. During the decades humans have been making it harder and harder for sea turtles using oil and plastic but also having to survive with predators and currents in the ocean. We all should know the life cycle of a sea turtle to save them so this is the life cycle of a sea turtle.

Eggs
It begins with a female sea turtle. It breeds multiple times, mainly at night and leaves leathery ping-pong ball size eggs laid on a high part of the beach. Even though about 100 eggs are laid roughly 20% will never hatch. After about 45-80 days depending on the species, the remaining eggs will hatch and they will try to squirm to the open water.

Young Sea turtles
At about the size of your hand, baby sea turtles squirm to the ocean's surface. They face crabs, rubbish, humans, birds and raccoons and about 50% of them will not reach the surface of the ocean. The sea turtles that make the surface will face even more dangerous predators.

As they grow from the size of your hand to a dinner plate moving so they can find a patch of seaweed to stay under. Now their predators are dolphins,sharks,types of fish and birds. Roughly 50% will not survive due to currents,predators and other reasons.If they survive they will move into the next stage, Adulthood

Adulthood
Now the reptiles grow from a dinner plate to a dinner table. Their predators are bull,Tiger and White sharks following along with the occasional killer whale. At about two decades of age they will be able to breed themselves.Roughly 20% will survive to breeding age without human interference 1% will survive with human interference.Only 1% will survive because the sea turtle will get stuck and will feel overwhelmed and perish.

In conclusion Sea turtles are great to have in the ocean but they are endangered. To help you, don’t use plastic bags when you go to the supermarket instead use reusable ones from home as a replacement. While I was writing this explanation piece I realised that they are truly a miracle and you should realise that too.