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Devastating Winter for Ocean Life
Sea turtles can not control their temperature in their bodies. They have to move from warmer to cooler waters in order to stay comfortable. This can also cause a problem for them because they can get entangled, hit by boats, attacked by predators, and experience cold stunning.

Becoming entangled is dangerous for the animal because it can be caught around their flippers and drown. If something is caught around their mouth the turtle can not hunt which means they will starve and die. 
 * Entanglement**

Accidents with boats for turtles are common, the turtle can stay under water for up to nine hours but they will only come up for air every 5 to 10 minutes. A boat may not see the turtle and run over top of it or the propeller can cut the turtle deeply. If it cuts the turtle then the animal can either have a permanent injury or can die from such severe injuries.
 * Boat Accidents**

Predators are not only animals but humans too. One type of human activity that causes the populaiton of turtles to decrease is called harvesting eggs. Groups of people will go on a beach and look for tracks of a female turtle that has crawled up the beach. Once this group of people find the marks they will begin to dig very carefully in order not to break some of the eggs. No eggs are saved unless a couple are deep in the sand and the people overlook them.
 * Predators**

Cold stunning is a extremely dangerous for the turtles because it can immediately kill the turtle if the temperatures decrease too quickly. (more information throughout the website)
 * Cold Stunning**

A normal sea turtle swimming in the ocean A rescued cold-stunned turtle with barnacles all over its back