Caretta-Caretta, Monachus-Monachus

1. F R O M O L G A M A R K A N T O N I
Animals in danger

2. ANIMALS
 Caretta Caretta
Monachus Monachus

3. Caretta Caretta
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 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 sea
turtles survives and there are only about 4000 caretta caretta
in Greece today.

4. MONACHUS MONACHUS
Monachus monachus lives in the Mediterranean
Sea.Its colour is grey or brown and it lives forty-
five years.It is three metres long and weighs 300
kilos. It eats fish,octupuses and squid. It has one
baby (pup ). There are only 250 Monachus
monachus seals in Greece today.

5. THANKS FOR WATCHING!