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Published: 2020-09-11 10:41:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 4707; Favourites: 195; Downloads: 0
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Description Dermochelys coriaceaΒ or also known as Leatherback Sea Turtle is a species of sea turtle that belongs in the dermochelydidae family, a famiy of sea turtles that have been existed since Cretaceous Period. Found throughout all across the world, its most prominent feature of this turtle is that it doesn't have any scute covering its carapace, only thick leather, which giving its namesake. this turtle is the largest turtle and th fourth heaviest reptile in the world, but despite its size, it's also one of the fastest reptile in the world (in water of course), reaching up to 35.28 km/h (21.92 mph). Its speed was helped by its tear drop shaped body and its active metabolism, another unique feature of leatherback sea turtle. While unlike reptiles, which the turtle can keep its body temperature higher than its surrounding environment, but it's also unike mammals and birds, which the turtle can't generate heat through metabolism and rather through muscle movements. However this helps the turtle to live in places colder than most modern marine reptile couldn't stay. Its main diet are jellyfishes and squids, to eat prey easily without the prey escaping, the Leatherback Sea Turtle developed some kind of unique papillae that have been keratinized arounds its mouth and esophagus, leaving an impression of teeth surrounding its inner throat walls. These keratinized papillae helped the turtle dispose sea water it swallowed without losing its meal along in the process. Unfortunately this also makes the turtle vulnerable towards drifting plastic bags and balloons.
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