What are some behavioral adaptations of a sea turtle?

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Sea turtles bury their eggs in a hole in the sand to protect from predators and wind. The sand incubates them and the mother basically abandons them. The babies inside of the egg have a tooth usually referred to as an egg tooth (carucnle) which they use to break the shell. This tooth falls off soon after birth. Once the first eggs hatch they still must wait for others to hatch to because they cannot dig out on their own. Digging out can take days. Hatchlings generally leave the nest at night or during a cold period of time (rain storms) because they could die of dehydration caused by the heat of the sun. They scramble towards the ocean fast to avoid predators such as crabs and seagulls.

The hatchling will swim out towards beds of kelp until caught in a current. This current could carry the young turtle for years along with the kelp bed. They use the kelp bed as shelter and food as they grow. Full grown sea turtles are non territorial but still solitary animals. They usually prefer shallow coastal waters because it is easy to find food along the bottom or in the reefs. They are migratory and do no have a cave or den type home. They migrate long distances between breeding and feeding sites. They do not behave defensively around other turtles or humans other than swimming away as excepted. That is most of their BEHAVIOURAL adaptations, but they have many more physical adaptations including jaw structure. (I am studying them)

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