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<\/p>\n\u2018Sup, my Earth Ranger friends? The name\u2019s Louie and if you couldn\u2019t tell by my wicked shell and flippers, I\u2019m a leatherback sea turtle. My species is the largest of all living sea turtles \u2013 a couple of my buddies weigh over 1000 pounds and are 6 feet long. Fueling a body this big takes lots of food and there\u2019s nothing we love more than snacking on jellies (you might call them jellyfish) so we go where they go. And, wouldn\u2019t you know it \u2013 the waters around Atlantic Canada are filled with them!<\/p>\n
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Canada is great but we can\u2019t stay here all year because leatherback sea turtles love to travel. Sometimes we\u2019ll cover up to 18,000km\/year \u2013 that\u2019s about half the distance it would take to get to the Moon! We just need to catch a ride on a sweet ocean current, and off we go.<\/p>\n
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But recently, we\u2019ve noticed that our favourite currents are changing and that\u2019s like NOT gnarly, dude. We use the currents to help us get around but because of climate change, we can\u2019t travel to the same places we used to. Plus, the changing ocean current is causing the jellies we love in our bellies to disappear. Like, what are we going to eat now?<\/p>\n
Changing the currents isn\u2019t the only problem climate change is causing for me and my bros. When the ladies lay their eggs, they look for soft sandy beaches to dig their nests but the rising sea levels and intense storms brought on by climate change may wash away beaches, taking the nests along with them.<\/p>\n Then there\u2019s the changing temperature, which is like totally messing with our species. You see, whether a turtle is a dude or a dudette depends on the average temperature when the eggs develops: cooler = boy, and warmer = girl. Since climate change is causing the weather to get warmer, there are a lot more female turtles being born. I\u2019m all for GIRL POWER, but when there are too many females and not enough males, it means fewer baby turtles are born each year and that\u2019s a problem.<\/p>\n Climate change is not only causing epic problems for sea turtles like me, it\u2019s also hurting many of the other creatures we share our waters with. Anything you can do to slow down climate change would be totally righteous! This is Louie the leatherback sea turtle, signing off. Cowabunga, dude!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All comments are moderated before posting, so your comment won\u2019t be visible until we\u2019ve had a chance to check that it\u2019s squeaky clean.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Climate change is a big problem for the world’s largest living turtles. Find out how they’re at risk. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[668,1000,1353,931],"tags":[49,1046,1047,1045,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-47418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-climate-change-2","8":"category-climate-change-101","9":"category-to-edit","10":"category-all","11":"tag-climate-change","12":"tag-leatherback","13":"tag-leatherback-sea-turtle","14":"tag-sea-turtle","15":"tag-turtle"},"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/leatherback-turtle-on-shore.jpg\")
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Visit earthrangers.com\/climatechange<\/a> to learn how you can help slow down climate change.<\/b><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nSources:
\nhttps:\/\/cmsdata.iucn.org\/downloads\/fact_sheet_red_list_turtle.pdf
\nhttp:\/\/www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca\/species-especes\/profiles-profils\/leatherbackturtleatlantic-tortueluthatlantique-eng.html<\/h5>\nHey Ranger \u2013 yep, that’s\u00a0you! Don\u2019t forget to comment on this article, you\u2019ll be one step closer to levelling up! Check your progress on your Journey Map<\/a><\/span>, and remember, you only need 5 comments to reach Level 3 and 15 to reach Level 5. Share your thoughts here \u2013 we\u2019d LOVE to hear them!<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n