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Why Do Female Turtles Lose Eggs?
To reach their nesting grounds, the turtles have to

migrate back to the beach where they were born. The green sea

turtles lay an average of about one hundred and fifteen eggs in one

nest. Their eggs will incubate for about sixty days before they hatch.

The female turtles nest every two years. The turtles will nest three to

five times per season. Once the young turtles hatch they crawl into

the ocean to avoid their many

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