What is the turtle?

The

turtle with a flat turtle is a native on the north coast of Australia and nearby waters. The scientific name of the species is Nator Depressus and sometimes also called the Australian flatback. Scientific and common names refer to the most visible characteristics of the turtle, the shape of its shell, which has a very flat peak. Turtle with flatback We are only confused in certain areas of Australia, it is considered endangered.

Adult turtle with flatback weighs from 184 to £ 275 (84 to 125 kg) and grows to about 3.25 feet (1 m) long. The turtles are on the upper and lower part of the olive gray with yellow slices on each side. Shells are unusually thin and have overturned edges. Hatchling Flatback Turtles have olive gray shells with a distinctive dark gray edge around the edge of each section. Flatbacks prefer muddy, cloudy water near the coast, unlike most sea turtles, which decide to live in clean waters further from the coast. They are often found in shallow, cloudy, bays and mouth or grassyHrhelce.

Their food sources are all in the ocean and consist mainly of sea animals of soft body. The most common objects in their diet are jellyfish, soft corals, octopus and sea cucumbers. Obviously they also eat shrimp, seaweed and some molluscs.

November and December are a multiplication season of turtles and nest only on the north-north-east coast of Australia and nearby islands. They prefer muddy sloping beaches with a relatively steep playground for nesting sites. The couplings diameter about 50 eggs, which is less eggs on the clutch than most sea turtles lie, and the eggs are larger than the eggs of other sea turtles. Turtle Babies Flatback appears in 47 to 58 days, they are large compared to other sea turtle scratches and mature faster than most others. Each female turtle with a flat can lay three to four couplings a year.

flatback turtles are hunted by crocodilesSalt water and hatchery are attacked by a number of predators including dingoes, foxes, sea eagles, calling herons and rats. Other threats for species include tangling in fishing lines or networks, illegal egg collection and disruption of their limited habitat. The species is protected from hunting or collecting state and national Australian laws.