# @sealegacy on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYsUGghD4dI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65838732-sealegacy-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-23T19:10:23.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** SeaLegacy (@sealegacy) — https://gondola.cc/sealegacy

## Caption

Happy World Turtle Day!

Sea turtles have been navigating the high seas since the time of the dinosaurs. They were once so abundant, sailors were kept up at night from turtles bumping into the ship’s hull. There are seven species of sea turtles, and nearly all of them are threatened with extinction.

Sea turtles face numerous threats from poaching to unethical tourism, pollution, and bycatch. One interesting yet concerning way climate change impacts them is through reproduction. A sea turtle’s sex is not determined by chromosomes, but by the temperature of the sand. The warmer the sand, the more likely a turtle will be female, and too many females means not enough males to fertilize the eggs.

Although sea turtles are struggling, one species gives us hope. Green sea turtles were endangered just 40 years ago, and now, thanks to conservation efforts, they’ve had a major population rebound.

We hope one day the same can be said for every species of turtle.

Photos by mitty

#OceanSchool #WorldTurtleDay #SeaTurtle #Explore

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explore, worldturtleday, seaturtle, oceanschool

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