{"id":2149,"date":"2015-11-24T09:08:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T09:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2016-10-14T14:31:46","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T14:31:46","slug":"biology-circle-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/biology-circle-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology: Circle of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leatherback turtles hatch from eggs that female turtles lay on nesting beaches. Nesting (when turtles come to beaches to lay their eggs) is the only time a sea turtle returns to land. Only female turtles nest; male turtles never return to land after they hatch.<\/p>\n

Leatherbacks nest every two to three years. In each nesting year a leatherback will nest an average of six times, with approximately ten days between nesting episodes.<\/p>\n

The female turtle lays her eggs in a nest chamber she excavates with her rear flippers. She will lay an average of 60 to 100 eggs per clutch, and then she covers them with sand before leaving the nesting site and returning to the sea. Hatchling leatherbacks will emerge approximately 60 to 65 days later. The hatchlings immediately propel themselves using their front flippers across the beach towards the sea, where they will spend their entire lives\u2014until they grow up and the females return to land to nest.<\/p>\n

Learn more about leatherbacks at The Great Canadian Turtle Race! <\/a><\/p>\n

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Le cycle de la vie<\/h2>\n

Les tortues luths voient le jour sur les plages de nidification o\u00f9 les m\u00e8res d\u00e9posent leurs \u0153ufs. Ce n\u2019est que lors de la ponte que les femelles retournent sur la terre ferme. Les m\u00e2les, pour leur part, ne retournent jamais \u00e0 terre.<\/p>\n

Les tortues luths nidifient tous les deux ou trois ans. En moyenne, dans une ann\u00e9e de nidification, elles font six pontes, s\u00e9par\u00e9es d\u2019une dizaine de jours.<\/p>\n

La femelle pond dans un nid qu\u2019elle creuse avec ses nageoires post\u00e9rieures. Elle y d\u00e9pose en moyenne de 60 \u00e0 100 \u0153ufs, elle les recouvre de sable, puis elle quitte le site de nidification et retourne \u00e0 la mer. L\u2019\u00e9closion se produit de 60 \u00e0 65 jours plus tard, environ. \u00c0 l\u2019aide de leurs nageoires ant\u00e9rieures, les nouveau-n\u00e9s commencent imm\u00e9diatement \u00e0 se tra\u00eener sur la plage pour atteindre la mer, o\u00f9 ils passeront toute leur vie, \u00e0 l\u2019exception, dans le cas des femelles, lorsqu\u2019elles seront adultes, des retours \u00e0 terre pour la nidification.<\/p>\n

Apprenez-en davantage sur les tortues luths gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la Grande course canadienne des tortues!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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