Cayman Turtle Center

          Right now we are Skyping with Cayman turtle Center. They are starting a presentation about sea turtles.  Sea turtles are found in all of the oceans of the tropics. Most if them roam for hundreds of miles, returning to the beach to lay their eggs. Some of the top threats of the sea turtles are diseases, over harvesting of turtles and eggs. There are 7 species of the sea turtle. The Cayman islands are home to 4 of those species. Sea turtles become adults 20-30 years after being hatch, kinda like us. A lot of humans in the Cayman Islands are turtle hunters, they breed them and keep them in breeding ponds and nesting beach facility. Female sea turtles lay their eggs at night, she will dig a hole 2-3 feet deep. The sea turtle lays about 60-120 eggs and they are soft slimy golf ball sized egg.