CARETTA CARETTA

Read and find out: "Where does caretta caretta lay its eggs?"

......... the loggerhead sea turtle or caretta caretta lives in the Mediterranean Sea and nests in Greece. It is about one metre long and weighs about a hundred kilos. Its shell is red-brown, it has got lungs and breathes air and moves with its front and rear flippers. It lays its eggs on land, on beaches in Zakynthos, Peloponnesus and Crete. Each sea turtle lays about 115 eggs every two or three years, but there are many dangers for the baby turtles. Only one out of a thousand baby sea turtles survives and there are only about 4,000 caretta caretta sea turtles in Greece today..




 Look at the information about the loggerhead sea turtle and match the phrases:

1) caretta caretta lives	a hundred kilos
2) caretta caretta lays	with its front and rear flippers
3) caretta caretta breathes	in the Mediterranean Sea
4) caretta caretta nests	its eggs on land
5) caretta caretta moves	air
6) caretta caretta weighs	in Greece