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Leatherback turtles... to be exact, all turtles are actually little masters at seeking death.

Although they are only second-level protected animals in China, their number in the world is actually very small, and there is no intention of increasing it at all.

If we say that other creatures are in danger mainly because of human intervention, in fact, these turtles are in danger, and it can be said that it is their own fault, and of course it is mainly related to humans.

There are only seven species of sea turtles currently living in the sea, namely the hawksbill turtle, the Pacific turtle, the Atlantic turtle, the loggerhead turtle, the green turtle, the flatback turtle and the leatherback turtle.

The first six form the family Turtleidae, and the leatherback turtle, the oldest marine creature, forms a separate family of leatherback turtles. Speaking of which, the difference between the two creatures is still very big.

We all know that turtles have a big shell on their back, but leatherback turtles don’t have it. There is just a layer of soft skin on their back, not a shell.

And the members of the sea turtle family are actually very poor in diving ability...

Yes, you read that right, as a sea turtle who never goes ashore except to lay eggs, the diving ability of sea turtles is very poor.

Turtles are creatures that are extremely unadapted to cold water, so they only live in subsurface waters at low latitudes and do not go to the deep sea at all. There are two diving modes.

One is to dive down and sleep, which can last the whole night with extremely low consumption.

The second type is hunting, which can only last for a few minutes. If you don't breathe after a few minutes, you will be suffocated to death... Compared with the sea beasts, it is not even a bit worse.

Compared with the turtles, the leatherback turtles can be said to have all the reverse skill points.

They do not have turtle shells, but the meat on their bodies is extremely fat, which ensures that they can adapt to any water temperature between five and thirty-eight degrees.

And it is a good diver, it can dive into the deep sea to a depth of 1,200 meters.

At the same time, compared to members of the turtle family, leatherback turtles have much less food.

Members of the turtle family eat anything, even the hawksbill turtle's staple food is highly toxic sponges, and they are one of the few creatures that can digest glass.

More than 70% of the leatherback turtle's food is jellyfish.

After seeing this, some people may ask, why did you do this if you don’t understand?

Especially leatherback turtles, they can dive deep and survive the cold. Isn't this great?

In fact, this is not the case. Now let’s talk about their tricks to commit suicide.

The first is laying eggs. Reproduction is very important. I guess many people have watched the documentary, but in fact, it is more difficult for sea turtles to lay eggs than this.

The first is the issue of age. Among the turtles, the smaller turtles need twelve to fifteen years to mature, while the larger leatherback turtles need about thirty years to mature..

And don’t think that they lay eggs several times a year. In fact, they only lay eggs once every few years. I’m going to talk about Qiandu Encyclopedia’s nonsense here.

These turtles do not lay eggs several times a year, but they require a lot of physical strength to lay eggs, so they do not lay all their eggs once.

They need to return to the sea to rest before coming back up to lay their eggs.

To many people, this looks like they are laying eggs multiple times, but in fact it is only once, and only once in several years.

When laying eggs collectively, they will dig out the eggs laid by the turtles in front, and half of them will die. Natural enemies will come to eat these eggs, and more of them will die. Even more will attack these little turtles in the sea. So much so that even crabs can eat baby turtles.

If one out of a hundred little turtles can grow up, it would be a good thing.

At this time, some people may be thinking that although it takes thirty years to mature, as the old saying goes, a thousand-year-old king and an eighty-thousand-year-old turtle, it is estimated that these guys can survive.

Indeed, generally speaking, these guys are raised by people after they reach adulthood, and it is really hard to say who will send them away, but in fact they do not live as long as imagined.

Take the leatherback turtle as an example. The average lifespan of this turtle is only sixty years, and its prime life is only a few years. So basically a turtle will have at most two or three surviving offspring. Most turtles may have only one offspring. nothing.

But even so, they have lived for at least tens of millions of years. They have experienced the time when pliosaurs ruled the oceans, escaped the sudden rise of mosasaurs, and cleverly avoided the megalodon and Leviathan meshii. The whales were wreaking havoc on the bottom of the sea, and finally managed to survive today...waiting for the terrifying Ape erectus.

The number of sea turtles began to decline rapidly. There are three main reasons for this.

One is the fishing net. As mentioned before, sea turtles are actually terrible at diving. They can only survive for five minutes if they are racing fast. They will suffocate to death if they don't breathe. But after being entangled in the net, these sea turtles can't break free, so they all Too bad.

The second is food. The main food of sea turtles is jellyfish, sponges, snails, etc., which corresponds exactly to plastic bags, foam, and cans.

In addition, the mouths of both leatherback turtles and sea turtles are covered with barbs to prevent prey from escaping. As a result, as long as they accidentally eat marine garbage, 99.99% of them will die. , because they can’t be taken out, they can only be killed by the garbage in the stomach.

The third is the hunting of humans. It’s not that Luo Cheng is unpatriotic, but the first choice is indeed the Yanhuang. Take the leatherback turtle as an example. This kind of turtle has no spawning grounds in the country, and it occasionally swims here. Basically all were killed.

Because more than 90% of fishermen have never seen such a big sea turtle. They don't know that it is a protected animal, and they think they have bumped into some thousand-year-old turtle.

You say it's a turtle, but it doesn't have a shell, just like a tortoise, and its back is soft. The tortoise itself nourishes yin and yang, right? What's more, it's so big?

So all the domestic news about leatherback turtles is that the thousand-year-old tortoise nourishes yin and nourishes yang, weighs 71 pounds, and is hunted by fishermen and sold out immediately.

A leatherback turtle can weigh up to 400 to 500 kilograms at most, and 71 kilograms is more than 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. It may not seem like much to Luo Cheng, but in many cases, the couple's monthly income combined For a fisherman who earns less than 6,000 yuan a day, this is several months' income.

It is impossible to say that I am not moved.

Of course, this is not unique to China. Although people abroad don't eat turtles very much, they do eat turtle eggs. The spawning grounds abroad are basically destroyed by this terrifying ape erectus, and this has nothing to do with it. It doesn't matter which country.

Even the white people in Europe and North America are still happy to destroy.

Under such circumstances, this kind of creature that has survived for tens of millions of years may really not survive this century.

"Guys, if you meet me, I don’t know if you are lucky or not."While spreading knowledge about leatherback turtles to the people in the live broadcast room, Luo Cheng patted the big guy's head with his hand. Luo Cheng was thinking, should he take it home?