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If a turtle allows you to swim within arms reach, don't touch him. Just enjoy the experience and let him be on is way.

 Green Turtle

An endangered species, seen around Hawaii and the Pacific, but reared in Bali. Tiger sharks follow  green turtles to French Frigate Shoals where the turtles mate in the warm shallow waters and are easy targets.

Hawksbill Turtle

Seen in Barbados and the Caribbean.

Loggerhead

Nest on the beaches at Maputaland, South Africa and in Mozambique. Loggerheads have a hard shell.

Leatherback

Nest on the beaches at Maputaland, South Africa and in Mozambique. Shells of mature females are around 6ft/ 2 metres long and leathery. They lay around 100-120 eggs between mid October and February. The eggs hatch 2-3 months after laying.

Ridleys

400,000 Ridleys turtles live on one beach in Costa Rica. They come ashore at high tide, at night when the moon is at its first or last quarter. Eggs hatch after six weeks.