Red Sea Turtles: the mostPrevalent and endangered

Although they are the most widespread in terms of different speciestourism, but according to the classification of the global marine environment institutions, they are threatened with extinction, for those turtles that inhabited the Red Sea, which are one of the most important factors attracting on the land of the Eastern Desert, there are seven species, which vary in size and color What made it a unique environment for diving enthusiasts around the world.

The gear or sea turtle is a reptilian animal that belongs to the order of cold-blooded turtles, whose body is protected by a solid shield. In classical Arabic it is called “the dugong,” and the common people call it “the sea turtle”, and it shares the same characteristics that are characteristic of all other reptiles, the most important of which are Characteristics: It breathes with two lungs, it has a heart composed of two atria and one ventricle, and it has the ability to adapt to the temperature of the external environment, and it has skin reinforced with horny scales, and it lays its eggs in an almost dry place and does not incubate it, and its structure consists of bone tissue.
The sea turtle has no teeth, so its mouth is very similar to a strong beak, and despite that it has two strong, sharp mouths devoid of teeth, and the pressure force of its mouth, which grinds food, may reach about 80 kilograms, inhabiting the Red Sea coast for millions of years, and today despite its spread, and it is considered One of the oldest reptiles that live on the seas and oceans, it is considered one of the most important marine species threatened with great extinction, after the International Union for Conservation of Nature was recently forced to place it on the Red List

A crystal mountain crown adorns the white desert of Egypt

Five species of turtle live in the Red Sea, 4 of which were spotted on the Egyptian coast, namely the green turtle and the hawksbill, which are the most common in the Red Sea, the leatherback turtle and the bighead turtle, and the Red Sea islands are the most important nesting areas for green turtles and hawksbill. The head of these islands, Giftun Island, the Valley of Beauty and Aquamarine, has what made them play an important role in the process of biological diversity and the food chain, as it is characterized by its ability to migrate long distances between feeding and nesting habitats, and these migrations sometimes reach hundreds or thousands of kilometers