The Kemp’s Ridley lives around the gulf of mexico and sometimes found around tropical and temperate coastal areas of the northwest Atlantic ocean, they also like shallow, muddy and sandy ground. These turtles like to nest 1 to three years on average and lay around 110 eggs in 2-3 sessions, there incubation period is 55 days till hatch and they have a population of about 7,000 to 9,000.
The Kemp’s Ridley head is triangular and normal sized, the front flipper has one claw and the rear flipper has one to two claws. Adult Kemp’s have dark green grey carapace (shells) that have a white/yellowish plastron (belly), but when they hatch they are jet black. When fully grown they’ll be around 2 feet long and 70 to 80 pounds. These smaller but still big turtles have strong jaws that allow them to eat shellfish and they often also eat fish, squid, jellyfish and sea urchins. The biggest threat to Kemp Ridleys are us, people, we catch them in our trawling nets and certain cultural groups dig the eggs up and use them for decoration and for food.
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http://www.conserveturtles.org/seaturtleinformation.php?page=kemps-ridley
Life Of A Sea Turtle 