• Five out of the seven marine turtle species around the world are listed as Endangered.
  • A female turtle can lay up to 120 eggs in one nest and can nest up to 3-4 times in one season.
  • This project is currently tracking 75 female Hawksbill turtles from UAE, Oman, Qatar and Iran.
  • Fishermen can now use turtle excluder devices to prevent accidental capture of marine turtles.

They are, but here are some differences that set them apart: Sea turtles are characterized by having hard shells, salt-excretion glands, non-retractile limbs, and extensively-roofed skulls. Sea turtles cannot retract their head or flippers into their shells the way tortoises can, and need the hard shells and heavy-boned skull to protect them from predators. Also, because they live at sea all the time and drink sea water, they need glands to get rid of the extra salt.