Turtles
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas · Marine reptile — family Cheloniidae
The green turtle is diving's great normalizer: on the right reef it becomes as ordinary as parrotfish, and never stops being wonderful. A big adult is a coffee-table of smooth olive shell topped by a small, gentle-jawed head built for mowing grass, trailing a wake of nibbled seagrass stubble across the lagoon floor. At Sipadan they stack along the wall like parked cars; at Marsa Alam's seagrass bays they graze beside snorkelers all day; Hawaiian greens haul out to bask on beaches, a habit almost unique to that population. Fifty years of protection have rebuilt many nesting populations — one of marine conservation's genuine success stories, still incomplete.
Где и когда увидеть
«Постоянные» — значит, большинство погружений в этом месте позволяет встретить их; «сезонные» — значит, они стабильно присутствуют в указанные месяцы; всё остальное — приятный бонус, а не повод строить планы.
| Направление | Достоверность | Месяцы | Примечания |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riviera Maya & the CenotesMexico | Resident — seen on most dives | Круглый год | |
| Galápagos IslandsEcuador | Resident — seen on most dives | Круглый год | |
| Cairns & the Ribbon ReefsAustralia | Resident — seen on most dives | Круглый год | |
| Sipadan & MabulMalaysia | Resident — seen on most dives | Круглый год | |
| Kona, HawaiʻiUnited States | Resident — seen on most dives | Круглый год | |
| Marsa Alam & the Deep SouthEgypt | Resident — seen on most dives | Круглый год |
Лучший месяц — коротко
Как их понять
Среда обитания: Seagrass meadows, algae-covered reef flats, and lagoons; sleeps under reef ledges and migrates long distances to natal nesting beaches
Ареал: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas, with major populations in the Caribbean, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Coral Triangle, Pacific islands, and Australia
Поведение: A placid grazer that crops seagrass in slow, methodical mouthfuls, surfaces in a leisurely arc to breathe, and wedges beneath the same ledges night after night. Where protected and habituated, as at Sipadan or Hawaii, it treats divers as scenery and continues feeding at arm's length.
Рацион питания: Adults graze seagrass and algae — the diet that greens their fat and names the species; juveniles are more omnivorous
Размер: как правило, около 1.0 m; задокументировано до 1.2 m (carapace length; large adults weigh 150–200 kg).
Как вести себя рядом с ним
No touching or riding — illegal in most range states — keep hands off resting turtles, never block one's path to the surface to breathe, and give nesting beaches and mating pairs wide berth. Flash restrictions apply at many sites.
Охрана природы
Endangered globally, though many index nesting populations are climbing after decades of beach protection and harvest bans; boat strikes, net bycatch, and warming-skewed hatchling sex ratios are the live threats.
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