{"id":8351,"date":"2017-05-01T15:15:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T15:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/?p=8351"},"modified":"2025-11-11T17:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:15:40","slug":"leatherback-turtle-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/animals\/sea-life\/leatherback-turtle-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Leatherback turtle facts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to travel the oceans far and wide to meet one of our planet\u2019s oldest animals? Then take a look at our <strong>leatherback turtle facts<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8356\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-3.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-3-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fast leatherback turtle facts<\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Scientific name<\/strong>: <em>Dermochelys coriacea<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Family name<\/strong>: Chelonioidea<br \/>\n<strong>Classification<\/strong>: Reptile<br \/>\n<strong>IUCN status<\/strong>: Vulnerable<br \/>\n<strong>Lifespan (in wild)<\/strong>: Up to 50 years<br \/>\n<strong>Weight<\/strong>: Up to 900kg<br \/>\n<strong>Body length<\/strong>: Up to 2m<br \/>\n<strong>Diet<\/strong>: Carnivore<br \/>\n<strong>Habitat<\/strong>: Ocean<br \/>\n<strong>Range<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-sea-turtle-range-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8357\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-sea-turtle-range-map.jpg\" alt=\"leatherback turtle facts\" width=\"470\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-sea-turtle-range-map.jpg 470w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-sea-turtle-range-map-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>world\u2019s largest turtles<\/strong>, leatherbacks can grow to to around <strong>2m long<\/strong> and weigh up to a massive 900kg &#8211; that\u2019s heavier than 11 men! They have four broad flippers, a triangular head and a barrel-shaped body covered by a large, black, speckled shell (or carapace). But unlike other species of sea turtles, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/discover\/animals\/sea-life\/loggerhead-turtle-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>loggerhead<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/discover\/animals\/sea-life\/green-sea-turtle-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>green sea turtle<\/strong><\/a>, the leatherback\u2019s shell isn\u2019t hard. Instead, as it\u2019s name suggests, this ocean giant has a <strong>leathery shell<\/strong> that\u2019s quite soft and flexible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.natgeokids.co.uk\/product\/national-geographic-kids-ocean-activity-and-colouring-book\/?article_link=NGKwebsite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-308891\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Oceans-Activity-Colouring-Book.jpg\" alt=\"If you love this article, you'll love our Ocean Activity and Colouring Book is written on the post, which shows a book called Ocean Activity and Colouring Book, as well as a blue jellyfish\" width=\"1042\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Oceans-Activity-Colouring-Book.jpg 1042w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Oceans-Activity-Colouring-Book-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Oceans-Activity-Colouring-Book-1024x835.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Oceans-Activity-Colouring-Book-768x626.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1042px) 100vw, 1042px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leatherback turtles propel through the water using their <strong>powerful front flippers<\/strong> (which can span up to a massive 2.7m), while their rear flippers help steer them, a bit like the rudder of a boat. Super swimmers, they have the<strong> widest distribution of all marine turtles<\/strong>, and can be found in our oceans as far north as Alaska, USA, and as far south as New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-2.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-2-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Compared to other turtles, leatherbacks can survive in much colder seas. Scientists believe this is because they are equipped with a <strong>thick layer of insulating fat<\/strong> and a unique blood system, which keeps their body warmer than the surrounding water. These awesome adaptations also allow them to dive to dive to cold, dark depths of over 1,000m, deeper than any other of our planet\u2019s turtles!<\/p>\n<p>The leatherback\u2019s <strong>favourite food is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/discover\/animals\/sea-life\/jellyfish-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jellyfish<\/a><\/strong>, and they\u2019re well adapted for attacking and guzzling such gooey grub. Firstly, two sharp cusps on their upper jaw allow them to pierce and hold onto their squishy prey. Then backward pointing spines lining the leatherback\u2019s throat hold the doomed jellyfish in place as it passes to the turtle tummy. Gulp!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.natgeokids.co.uk\/product\/national-geographic-kids-oceans-find-it-explore-it\/?article_link=NGKwebsite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-308890 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Oceans-Find-It-Explore-It.jpg\" alt=\"You'll love our educational magazines for all ages! is written on the post, which shows a book called Oceans Find It! Explore it! which has a clownfish on the front\" width=\"1042\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Oceans-Find-It-Explore-It.jpg 1042w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Oceans-Find-It-Explore-It-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Oceans-Find-It-Explore-It-1024x835.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2024\/09\/NGK-Oceans-Find-It-Explore-It-768x626.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1042px) 100vw, 1042px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like other turtle species, leatherbacks <strong>migrate huge distances<\/strong> between their breeding and feeding areas. During the \u2018nesting season\u2019, the female crawls onto the beach where she hatched as a baby many years before, and digs a hole in the sand. She then lays her eggs inside the hole, covers them with sand and head backs to the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>When the eggs hatch (about two months later) the tiny baby turtles dig their way out of their nest and make for the sea. But boy do these guys have it tough! As they scurry across the sand, the hatchlings need to be careful of birds, snakes, crabs and other creatures who\u2019d love to gobble them up. And those that do make it to the water face further threats from other predators, such as sharks and big fish, who await them in the waves. Yikes! Given such dangers the hatchlings face, it\u2019s estimated that as few as one in a thousand may make it to adulthood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8354\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-1.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/leatherback-turtle-facts-1-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These brilliant, big reptiles have been on our planet for a seriously long time &#8211; a <strong>100 million years<\/strong> in fact, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth! But sadly, their future is uncertain. Due to destruction of their nesting beaches, illegal collection of turtle eggs, pollution and accidental capture in fishing equipment, leatherback turtles are today <strong>critically endangered<\/strong>. But the good news is that charities and conservationist groups are working to protect them.<\/p>\n<h6>Credits &#8211;\u00a0Leatherback sea turtle baby close up:\u00a0 Scottamassey, Dreamstime. Leatherback sea turtle in the sand: Michael Nichols. Leatherback sea turtle heading to the surf:\u00a0 Steve Winter.<i><\/i><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready to travel the oceans far and wide to meet one of our planet\u2019s oldest animals? Then take a look at our leatherback turtle facts! Fast leatherback turtle facts\u00a0 Scientific name: Dermochelys coriacea Family name: Chelonioidea Classification: Reptile IUCN status: Vulnerable Lifespan (in wild): Up to 50 years Weight: Up to 900kg Body length: Up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/animals\/sea-life\/leatherback-turtle-facts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Leatherback turtle 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