• 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 24 female Hawksbill turtles from UAE, Oman, Qatar and Iran.
  • Fishermen can now use turtle excluder devices to prevent accidental capture of marine turtles.

The way the turtles’ esophagus and their trachea are arranged, the trachea runs above the esophagus and can be closed off, in a sense, so that when food and water are swallowed, they run downward and are not taken into the windpipe.