Over 2 meters long, 3 meters wide and 1 meter thick.
How big is a female leatherback turtle?
100
The Leatherback Trust
What is a conservation program?
100
They sometimes will put a cage like thing over the nest where predates cannot get to the eggs but the sea turtles can come out.
What is a way volunteers can help leatherback turtles?
100
115,000 female leatherback turtles left in 1980.
How many female leatherbacks were their in 1980?
100
1,504 in 1988 and 1989 in the Eastern Pacific.
How many leatherbacks were there in 1988 and 1989 in the Eastern Pacific?
200
Their unique leather type shells.
What are leatherback turtles known for?
200
World Wildlife Foundation
What is another conservation organization?
200
Sometime they will move the nest to a different, safer, place.
What is a different way to help sea turtles?
200
Estimated between 34,000 and 36,000.
How many female leatherbacks are left in the world?
200
54 in 2004/2005 in the Eastern Pacific
How many leatherbacks were in the Eastern Pacific in 2004 and 2005?
300
Twice their body weight per day.
How much do leatherbacks eat?
300
See Turtles
What is a conservation that is part of a society protecting he ocean wildlife?
300
Some organizations will take the eggs and care for them until they hatch and a little while afterward. Then they either take them to the ocean or let them go on the beach.
What is a way to help save leatherback turtles?
300
417 in 2000 and 2001 in the Eastern Pacific.
How many leatherback turtles were in the Eastern Pacific in 2000 and 2001?
300
1,000 in 1992 and 1923 in the Eastern Pacific.
How many leatherbacks were there in 1992 and 1993 in the Eastern Pacific?
400
9 feet in length and over 2000 pounds.
How big is the biggest leatherback?
400
When the turtles hatch, volunteers follow the hatchlings and scare away the the seagulls that might want to eat the little turtles.
What else do they do for the sea turtles?
400
569 in 1994 and 1995 in the Eastern Pacific.
How many leatherbacks were in the Eastern Pacific in 1994 and 1995?
400
In 2006/2007, 76 leatherback turtles were in the Eastern Pacific.
How many leatherback turtles were in the Eastern Pacific in 2006 and 2007?