The green turtle has a strong beak and short, serrated jaws that aid in ripping and tearing apart plants.
Author: Noelle M. Brooks
Visual Artist | Commissions Available: noelle@noellembrooks.com
Green Turtle
Like many turtles, green turtles' development is affected by temperature. Cooler environments produce more males while warmer nests hatch more females.
Green Turtle
A female green turtle will revisit her birthplace, or a beach with similar sand texture and color, to breed and lay her eggs every 2-4 years.
Green Turtle
Rival green turtles will attack actively mating pairs in order to dislodge the male from the female and take his place.
Green Turtle
Female green turtles have "mating notches" on their shoulders that assist males in grasping and mounting during copulation.
Green Turtle
There is no parental investment by green turtles beyond the mother's egg-laying and camouflaging of the nest.
Green Turtle
Immediately after juvenile green turtles hatch, they flee to the ocean until they mature and return to their natal beach for mating.
Green Turtle
Green turtle hatchlings are at a higher risk of predation than adult green sea turtles.
Green Turtle
Green turtles are normally solitary, but travel in large groups that usually originate from the same natal beach.
Green Turtle
As green turtles graze on sea grass and algae, they play a role in their ecosystem by facilitating nutrient turnover and sea grass regrowth.
Green Turtle
During their summer breeding season, green turtles settle on the beaches of over 140 countries, but are most frequently found on the coastlines of Cyprus and Turkey.
Green Turtle
Green turtles use major current systems to migrate to their natal nesting beaches.
Green Turtle
Green turtles begin their lives as omnivores and gradually shift to a more herbivorous diet as they mature.
Green Turtle
Green turtles are a migratory, cosmopolitan species found in shallow tropical and subtropical waters and coastline beaches within 40 degrees north or south of the equator.
Green Turtle
Green turtles are the second largest overall species of sea turtles after the leatherback.
Green Turtle
Green turtles maintain home ranges throughout the year, but are not territorial.
Green Turtle
Because green turtles are highly mobile throughout their lives, they are opportunistic feeders.
Green Turtle
There are no known adverse effects of the green turtle on humans.
Green Turtle
Morphological sexual dimorphism isn't completely recognized in green turtles until early adulthood.
Green Turtle
Green turtles are so named because of the greenish color of their subdermal fat.
February 2018: Green Turtle
Free-For-All: Common Palm Civet
Shane S. (Yodeldog) created a small 2.5″x3.5″ artist trading card featuring the common palm civet amongst branches full of lush coffee cherries. Drawn with Prismacolor colored pencils on a dark background, this artwork displays a carefully constructed composition made up of a rich level of detail.
Common Palm Civet
Common palm civets can live in a variety of habitats including forests, parks, gardens, plantations, and orchards.
Common Palm Civet
Common palm civets have short, coarse coats of black, gray, and white, however, juveniles lack their distinguishing markings.
Common Palm Civet
Where common palm civets choose to live depends on the availability of food and presence of coverage.
Common Palm Civet
Common palm civets are arboreal and prefer the tallest trees with the densest of canopies for seclusion.
Common Palm Civet
Common palm civets live longer in captivity, living as long as 24 years compared to 15-20 in the wild.
Common Palm Civet
Little is known about parental investment in common palm civets since the young remain in tree hollows until after they are weaned.
Common Palm Civet
Common palm civets are called Paradoxurus hermaphroditus because both males and femals have a perineal scent gland resembling testicles.
Common Palm Civet
Common palm civets produce a sweet-smelling musk that humans use as perfume and to treat scabies.
Common Palm Civet
The common palm civet has a wide distribution in South and South-East Asia from Afghanistan in the west to Hainan and the adjacent Chinese coast in the east.
Common Palm Civet
Common palm civets are considered nuisances and are frequently killed or removed by plantation and orchard owners.
Common Palm Civet
Common palm civet is a large part of the general mammal harvest for eating for subsistence and luxury restaurants in South-East Asia.