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Hawksbil
The hawksbill sea turtle is a small, agile turtle with an oval-shaped body.
The hawksbill sea turtle is a small, agile turtle with an oval-shaped body. The reptile has powerful toothless jaws and a raptorlike "beak," which earned the hawksbill its name. This beak is perfectly suited for crushing, biting, and tearing food. The carapace has a tortoiseshell coloration, ranging from dark to golden brown with varying streaks of orange, red, and black. The shells of hatchlings are just one to two inches (2.5 to 5 centimeters) long and are usually heart-shaped and brown. The turtle’s bottom shell is yellow. The top shell’s rear edge is almost always serrated and has overlapping horny plates called scutes. The hawksbill has two pairs of prefrontal scales on its head and four pairs of scutes on the sides of its carapace. On average, adult hawksbills weigh between 100 and 150 pounds (45 and 68 kilograms) and their shells grow to an average length 2.5 feet (0.8 meters).