Thai Stamp Turtle – 1

Thai Stamp Turtle – 1, Gulf of Thailand is rich of sea living creatures including this lovely small one called Green Turtle. They were a lot in the gulf when I was young but now their distinction is coming if we don’t preserve them. There are many preservation center along the cost line as well as many awareness campaigns have been organized for the past years.

The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle,^[3] is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia.^[4] Its range extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but it is also found in the Indian Ocean.^[5][6] The common name refers to the usually green fat found beneath its carapace, not to the color of its carapace, which is olive to black.

The dorsoventrally flattened body of C. mydas is covered by a large, teardrop-shaped carapace; it has a pair of large, paddle-like flippers. It is usually lightly colored, although in the eastern Pacific populations, parts of the carapace can be almost black. Unlike other members of its family, such as the hawksbill sea turtle, C. mydas is mostly herbivorous. The adults usually inhabit shallow lagoons, feeding mostly on various species of seagrasses.^[7] The turtles bite off the tips of the blades of seagrass, which keeps the grass healthy.

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