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Threats on sea turtles

Threats:

- continuing loss of nesting habitat & environmental damages from structure building

- tourist use of beaches result in disturbance to nesting turtles

(Egg laying can be aborted or delayed as well)

- Artificial lighting has negative effects on nesting behaviour and success

(turtles can mistakenly move inland after egg laying)

- practice of adding sand onto a beach to rebuild affects turtles by direct burial of nests

- mechanical equipment for beach cleaning that result compacted beaches that are difficult for nesting

- predators

main: Homo sapiens

others: raccoons, sharks, gulls, foxes, snakes.....)

- dirty environment

(rubbish in sea or land, oil and gas)

reference:

http://www.turtles.org/threats.htm