Prepare a short note on sea turtles with the help of the information given in the passages
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Sea turtles belong to the order Testudines and suborder Cryptodira. Also known as Marine turtles, there are only seven known species of Sea turtles in the world today.
They are large, air-breathing reptiles that are found in tropical and subtropical seas. Several of the species are threatened and conservancy efforts throughout the world, try to maintain and protect them and their habitats.
Though a typical sea turtle lays between 50 to 350 eggs in a clutch (and between one to eight clutches in a season), very few survive. Predators and pollution from oil and other sources are the main reason for this low survival rate.
Sea turtles use color and pattern to camouflage on sand, rocks and the ocean floor. They use camouflage to hide from predators. ... A coating of sand helps them hide from predators and escape.