Smaller cousins on The largest species,
After about two months in the warm sand, the eggs hatch in the
middle of the night. The babies, called hatchlings, climb out of the
sand and are on their own. In the darkness, the two-inch-long
hatchlings scurry across the beach and dash into the ocean,
dodging birds, crabs, and other predators along the way. The
hatchlings live in floating seaweed near shore for several years, and
as the turtles grow, they move out to coastal waters. A sea turtle
may live for 60 years or more.
put March until
eason. At the
her heavy shell
k flippers. She
hen, she covers
Based on the paragraph, what is true?
O Sea turtles are in danger as soon as they hatch.
in the middle
esand and are
O Sea turtles are carried to sea by crabs and birds.
Sea turtles are fed by their mother for a few years.
scurry across
end other
weed near
but to coastal
Sea turtles lay their eggs in the middle of the night.