Ocean · Reptile

Green sea turtle

Chelonia mydas

Green sea turtles swim thousands of kilometres, but come back to the beach where they hatched to lay their eggs. Adults graze on seagrass and algae.

Where it lives: Tropical and warm seas, including Türkiye's Mediterranean coast
Diet: HerbivoreEats plants
Weight: 68–190 kg
Length: 1 m
Lifespan (wild): 60–80 years

Yaman scale

Drawn side by side with Yaman, to the same scale.

Length2×= 1 Yaman

It would take about 2 of them to match Yaman's height (length 1 m).

Weight3.7Yamans

Around 129 kg — as heavy as 3.7 Yamans.

Where does the green sea turtle live?: Tropical and warm seas, including Türkiye's Mediterranean coast. In our zoo it lives in the Ocean zone.
What does the green sea turtle eat?: It is a herbivore: it eats plants.
How big does the green sea turtle get?: Length: 1 m. It weighs 68–190 kg.
How long does the green sea turtle live?: 60–80 years in the wild.
Is the green sea turtle endangered?: On the IUCN Red List it is listed as endangered. At high risk of disappearing from the wild.

It is named after its greenish body fat, not its shell — the colour comes from its plant diet.
It nests on beaches in Hatay and Adana in Türkiye.
The temperature of the sand decides whether the hatchlings are male or female.

Endangered. At high risk of disappearing from the wild.

IUCN Red List