![Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130226150625im_/http://www8.nos.noaa.gov/onms/Park/images/Creature_Images/1092.jpg)
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Jerry Burcham
The hawksbill turtle is a relatively small sea turtle with overlapping plates on its shell and a hooked jaw. It grows up to 22 inches long and weighs up to 100 pounds. The turtle comes out of the water only to breed. It lays its eggs in a nest it digs in the sand, and returns to the ocean, allowing the eggs to develop and hatch.
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Hawksbill Turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata)
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