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(Read off PowerPoint) Behaviour: They are solitary creatures who remain submerged for most of their time at sea making difficult to study their behavioural tendencies. Rarely interact with one another outside courtship and mating. Even when large numbers of turtles gather on feeding grounds or during migration, little behavioural exchange among individuals. Their typical daily routine includes feeding and resting. When not nesting, they can migrate up to hundreds of thousands of miles. They can sleep at the surface while in deep water or on the bottom wedged between rocks or under ledges in reefs. Courtship & Mating: Mating is believed to occur during a limited “receptive” period prior to the females first nesting emergence. During mating season, males may court a female by nuzzling her head or by gently biting the back of her neck and rear flippers. If the female does not flea, the male attaches himself to the back of the females shell by gripping her top shell with the claws in his front flippers. He then folds his long tail under her shell to copulate. Copulatoon can take place either on the surface or …show more content…

After the females emerge from the ocean, some will crawl out yet reasons such as naturally or caused by artificial lighting or the presence of people on the beach - decide not to nest, this is called a "false crawl" Females on the nesting beach after recent mating can be observed with scratched shells and sometimes bleeding from where the males were hooked to their shells. Sea turtles mating have been reported to be very aggressive during mating sometimes males wil compete for females and may even fight each other. Females may even mate with several males prior to nesting season and store the sperm for several months. When she lays her eggs, they will have been fertilized by a variety of males. This helps keep genetic diversity high in the

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