Turtles
Hawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata · Marine reptile, family Cheloniidae
Every reef diver's favorite worker, the hawksbill is a compact turtle with a raptor's beak, tortoiseshell shingles overlapping down its back, and no time to waste. You hear one before you see it (the rasp and crunch of a sponge being demolished), then find the animal head-down in a crevice, hind flippers braced, scattering fragments for the wrasses that attend it. That tortoiseshell, amber marbled with black, drove centuries of harvest for combs and spectacle frames and pushed the species to Critically Endangered; trade is banned now, and reefs from Cozumel to Sipadan still offer daily audiences with the survivor.
在哪里、什么时候能见到
"常驻"表示在该目的地潜水时大多数情况下都能遇见它们；"季节性"表示在所列月份内可靠出现；其他任何情况都是意外惊喜，而非计划中的保障。
| 目的地 | 可靠性 | 月份 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CozumelMexico | Resident: seen on most dives | 全年皆宜 | |
| BonaireBonaire | Resident: seen on most dives | 全年皆宜 | |
| Sharm El Sheikh & Ras MohammedEgypt | Resident: seen on most dives | 全年皆宜 | |
| Tubbataha ReefsPhilippines | Resident: seen on most dives | Mar–Jun | |
| SeychellesSeychelles | Resident: seen on most dives | Oct–Feb |
最佳月份一览
| 月份 | 可靠目的地 |
|---|---|
| January | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed · Seychelles |
| February | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed · Seychelles |
| March | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed · Tubbataha Reefs |
| April | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed · Tubbataha Reefs |
| May | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed · Tubbataha Reefs |
| June | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed · Tubbataha Reefs |
| July | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed |
| August | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed |
| September | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed |
| October | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed · Seychelles |
| November | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed · Seychelles |
| December | Cozumel · Bonaire · Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed · Seychelles |
深入了解
栖息地: Coral reefs above all; forages among sponges on walls and ledges, resting in crevices
分布范围: Circumtropical, tied tightly to coral reef systems of the Caribbean, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Coral Triangle, and Pacific
习性: The busiest of the turtles: where greens graze placidly, hawksbills work the reef like foragers on a deadline, tearing at sponges with the hooked beak, wedging under plate corals, surfacing briefly and diving back to the job. Usually solitary and often indifferent to a quiet diver at close range.
食性: A sponge specialist (one of very few vertebrates that can live on toxic reef sponges) plus tunicates, anemones, and jellyfish
体型: 通常约 0.8 m; 记录深度可达 1.0 m (carapace length).
与它相处时的行为守则
Stay off the reef while watching one feed, no touching or trailing a foraging animal from above, and let it breathe unobstructed: hawksbills spook if boxed against the wall.
保育
Critically Endangered after centuries of tortoiseshell trade; CITES bans the trade and many nesting beaches are guarded, but illegal trinket sales persist. Buy nothing made of shell.
以此著称的已标注潜点
高亮显示的潜点由编辑团队为该物种标注；数字为1990年以来潜点约5公里范围内的GBIF出现记录数。
观看
来自官方渠道
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