I am going to talk, for the next few days, about sea turtles. Sea turtles differ from land turtles in a few ways. Land turtles have legs and move slowly on land. Sea turtles' legs have modified into flippers, which they can use for quick bursts of speed swimming or diving deep in the ocean. Land turtles can retract their head and limbs into their shell when they need protection. A sea turtle cannot retract its head or legs into its shell, it must escape danger by swimming quickly, by diving deep in the ocean, or by hiding among rocks at the bottom of the ocean and using its shell as a sort of shield.
Female sea turtles tend to return to the same area where they hatched to lay their own eggs. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore currently has 104 sea turtle nests on its beaches: 7 Green Turtle nests and 97 Loggerhead turtle nests. Tomorrow, I will talk some more about turtle nesting.
Total number of times I climbed the lighthouse: 10
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