The leatherback sea turtle is a reptile. It is also a vertebrate, which means it has a backbone. There was only 50 left by 1993. 

The leatherback lifespan is for about 80 years and gets up to about 6.5 feet. The average weight for a sea turtle is 1,400 pounds. It ranges throughout all of the oceans. The turtle's shell is made up of hundreds of bony plates and covered with leathery skin. 

As a baby it is about 4 inches long. Its main food is jellyfish and his secondary food is mostly water invertebrate. The sea turtle lays up to 100 to 150 eggs at a time. The thing that has been killing them the most are nets. 

To help the turtles would ban fishing from certain places and put up a helping program so they could rebuild and produce more turtles.

Written by / geschreven door : Brad

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