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Sea turtle nesting season begins Friday, and town law requires oceanfront property owners to make sure their lights aren’t visible from the beach until nesting season ends Oct. 31.
A green turtle crawls to the ocean after laying her eggs on the beach at Coral Cove Park in Tequesta, Florida on February 24, 2020.
Hibbitts and Hibbitts suggest humans and alligators to be the main predators of the western subspecies, [63] while a study in Florida found evidence of red-shouldered hawks preying on various turtles including the Florida chicken turtle. [85] Otters, herons and snapping turtles are also listed as possible predators. [48] [76] [84]
It is the largest species of softshell turtle found in Florida and all of North America, ranging from 15 to 76 cm (5.9 to 29.9 in) in straight-line carapace length. [12] The Florida softshell turtle also exhibits significant sexual size dimorphism. Adult females are often 3-5 times larger than males.
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The Florida box turtle reaches sexual maturity around 12–13 years of age. [9] While some species can produce only one clutch in a breeding season, the Florida box turtle has been observed laying as many as four separate clutches in a single year. The egg laying season occurs in the Spring and generally lasts from April to early June. On ...
Florida’s 2023 turtle nesting season, which runs from March through October, is only halfway through and has already reached record-breaking numbers.
Turtle Trek's theater is the world's first 360 degree dome theater to show a 3D film. [3] The theater uses 34 projectors to seamlessly cover the entire surface of the dome, allowing the movie to be shown all around guests and even above them. [4] [5] Turtle Trek tells the story of a sea turtle's journey through life, from birth to adulthood ...