The Role Of Fetal Development In Sea Babies

Usually when one thinks of the topic Pregnancy, the first thoughts that come to head are stretch marks, getting fat, backaches and a million of other horrible things that can be thought of. However, what some people do forget is that there is a lot more than that going on. There is an actual new life being created inside of you and it is a quite fascinating process. Nonetheless a non-mammal, as in a sea turtle, has a developmental process, not quite the same as a mammal, or human. The amount of time it takes to fully develop, the actual process of development and the postpartum requirements are a few qualities that differ within the two.
It can take as little as a few seconds to conceive a child, but the full process is not so quick but after about three days of conception, the fertilized egg is divided very fast into many cells as mentioned in the slideshow from Brennan, D. (2014, Oct). Title: Fetal Development Month by Month. A full pregnancy is broken down into three trimesters and takes a total of nine months for full development. Each trimester consists of further stages of growth of the fetus. As for a sea turtle the eggs are fertilized inside the body of the mother but do not continue there. A few weeks after mating
Lastly during the third trimester the fetus grows even larger, movement is less and not so easy, and the organs begin to mature. At this point the fetus will begin to shift to a downward position to prepare for birth. As for a sea turtle once the fertilized eggs are buried it's a quick process of growth for the embryo. Just like the human a turtle has their way of also storing energy for the babies, As Mentioned in The Nest Environment and the Embryonic Development of Sea Turtles, it states “during the process energy stored in the egg by the female is transformed into embryonic tissue”. The actual process of development is about the same as a human, just condensed down to a much shorter time