Book- 2nd Edition Our Sea Turtles
This book is a staff favorite !! Grab one and find a hammock to kick back in and fill your mind with lots and lots of new and valuable Sea Turtle knowledge. A must have for any Sea Turtle lover !!
This book is all about understanding, experiencing, and saving the sea turtle and helping them thrive in our oceans. Now in its second edition, Blair and Dawn Witherington’s iconic book includes updated facts and figures, new photos, and new calls to action for saving the turtles. Well-organized sections that are full of photos, maps, and figures help readers get a sense of the various types of sea turtles and how they might be similar or different from one another. Those who are interested in not only learning about the marine animal but also in helping it benefit from the authors’ precise knowledge and understanding of sea turtles.
Part One: Understanding Our Sea Turtles
This is your introduction to sea turtles and their world. We begin with what sea turtles are and where they came from, and we offer portraits of each of the five species that live in our region. Then, we describe sea turtle form and function. Next, we introduce the life story of sea turtles—how they begin their lives, develop, grow, survive, breed, and move around from place to place. Lastly, we describe the relationships that sea turtles have to other living things, namely, what sea turtles eat, what eats them, and what other roles they play in the natural world.
Part Two: Experiencing Our Sea Turtles
This section highlights our connections to sea turtles. We describe the ways that sea turtles contribute to our life experience and we decipher many of the biological clues that sea turtles leave for us. We describe connections and experiences with sea turtles on land, at sea, and in captivity.
Part Three: Saving Our Sea Turtles
Sea turtles are threatened with extinction. As splendid as they are, and as interesting as they make our world, we run the risk of losing them forever. Sea turtles are threatened with extinction. As splendid as they are, and as interesting as they make our world, we run the risk of losing them forever.