Get Hawksbill Sea Turtle Shell Gif

Get Hawksbill Sea Turtle Shell Gif. Unlike the other sea turtle species, hawksbill sea turtles have overlapping scutes (large scales) on their carapace (upper shell). When they are young, it is heart shaped but that will change as they get older and the shell becomes longer.

Hawksbill turtles are able to feast on sponges that are toxic to other animals.

Stuffed with cotton where the heads of the animals the hawksbill shell remains one of the most prolifically traded endangered species products out there, david godfrey, executive director of the. The hawksbill sea turtle (eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family cheloniidae. Hawksbills get their common name from the shape of its hooked jaw. Over 100 shells of critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles were seized from smugglers last week.