Leatherback Sea Turtle

Migrating Journey

By Alif

Leatherback sea turtles migrate to

California

when they are babies

• Leatherback sea turtles migrate from the East coast

of Australia to the Southeast coast of California.

They have to go up for air, otherwise they will

drown! They are the biggest turtles in the world.

When they reach Californian they are already big

and they will eat California jellyfishes. Then they

will mate and go back to where they hatched to lay

their own eggs - only the female will go back to land

to lay eggs. The male never leaves the ocean.

How Do They Migrate?

• Leatherback sea turtles migrate

through moving ocean currents, a

current is like a river under water.

They can lead to dangerous

whirlpools. A whirlpool is like a

tornado under water that sucks

everything in range down!

Why Are They Called Leatherback

Sea Turtle?

Leatherback Sea Turtles have soft

shells like leather - that is why

they are called Leatherback Sea

Turtle.

“water water where’s water?”