Fact: It completely sucks to be a sea turtle, especially a female one.
Every two to four years a female sea turtle swims miles back to the beach where she hatched and starts an arduous climb up the beach whilst her body weight crushes her organs. When she gets to the right spot she has to dig a hole to lay her eggs in. This happens at night so she's on a tight schedule.
Because thousands of sea turtles do this at the same time, lots become buried by the sand kicked up by other sea turtles and suffocate. Assuming the turtle avoids being buried alive she then has to get back to the sea before the sun comes up and cooks her alive. Some go the wrong way and become stranded on rocks baking in the boiling hot sun. If she does make it back to the sea she then has to swim miles back to her home.
But it's worth it for all the ickle babies you might say. Well, out of all those thousands of eggs laid only 0.01% will survive thanks to predators gorging on them before they can even make it down the sodding beach. The ones that do make it then face all the lovely sea predators. And that's why it sucks to be a sea turtle.
Perhaps they should enlist.
Hahha. This looks sweet.
ReplyDeletePoor sea turtles, maybe they should look into adopting children?
ReplyDeleteMark
That's an epic drawning!
ReplyDeleteShe just looks helpless, but when you reach down to help her get back onto her feet - slice - off comes your head. How cruel nature can be.
ReplyDelete@Kristjan: Thanks. Too sweet to go to war definitely.
ReplyDelete@Mark: They could adopt a killer whale and save themselves the hassle of evading predators. Thinking about it, I'm pretty sure killer whales eat sea turtles so that might not end well.
@R: Thanks very much.
@ABFTS: Nature sure is a bitch. I hope we've all learnt a valuable lesson here today; don't arm cute animals.
haha awe that sea turtle drawing is adorable. i remember swimming with one in hawaii when i was snorkeling
ReplyDeletePut cannon in dat turtle! Iz gonna be a Turtle tank xD
ReplyDelete@Tracer: Thanks very much. I'm assuming the Turtle in Hawaii wasn't carrying a weapon :D
ReplyDelete@Jared: Lol.
The best offence is a great defense.
ReplyDeleteInteresting facts about sea turtles. I've seen the documentary on discovery channel, and yes, life is a bitch for these creatures!
ReplyDeleteMaybe if it were equipped with some other weapon, it might be a more effective militant creature! Like a harpoon or a whip...something that requires little effort to reach it's prey!
She should probably think about bequeathing little machetes to her children. That's just a responsible parenting move.
ReplyDelete- Ash
@Atley: Exactly.
ReplyDelete@Workingdan: Let's start a charity to arm Sea Turtles. They need all the help they can get :)
@Ash: Tiny little machetes is a great idea. They could mess those predators in style :D