Hawksbill Sea Turtle Sticker

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🌊🐢Hawksbill sea turtles are aptly named for their distinctive pointed beak as well as their overlapping scales on their shell that make them appear to have serrated edges.

🌊🐢These turtles are found in coral reefs and their main diet consists of sponges, sea anemones, and jellyfish.

🌊🐢 Sea turtles help maintain coral reefs and sea bed grasses by removing prey like sponges.

🌊🐢 Turtle populations are also valued for their cultural significance and the income they bring in from tourists.

🌊🐢 Hawksbill sea turtles share threats with other sea turtle species like the loss of nesting and feeding habitats, excessive egg collection, pollution, and coastal development.

🌊🐢 Another major threat to sea turtles is fisheries bycatch because they are particularly susceptible to getting tangled in nets and captured on fishing hooks - which prevent the turtles from returning to the surface to breathe.

🌊🐢 The main threat of the Hawksbill Sea Turtle is the illegal wildlife capture and trade of their shells and other products.

🌊🐢 Steps in conservation are being taken by educating populations about the threats that Hawksbill turtles face and developing alternative sources of income for local people.

🌊🐢 The wildlife trade monitoring network, TRAFFIC, trains and equips local rangers to stop illegal trade, protect turtles from poaching, and patrol nesting beaches.

🌊🐢 Some groups are taking action to stop bycatch of turtles by introducing fishers to turtle-friendly devices for hooks and nets.

🌊🐢Other forms of conservation for the Hawksbill sea turtle includes protecting turtle habitats so that they can migrate, nest, and feed safely, as well as satellite tracking individual turtles.