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What equipment is needed to keep a hawksbill sea turtle?
Keeping a hawksbill turtle first requires a large aquarium for free swimming and diving, with a filter, heater, and lighting. A proper filter maintains water quality, and a heater keeps the temperature suitable.
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
A beautiful but fierce sea turtle hunted for its 'tortoiseshell' shell for centuries - now critically endangered and rare in Chinese waters. Profile is educational only; not a pet.
Common Aquatic Turtle Species
Aquatic turtles are strong swimmers that live mostly in water. Well-known kinds include the marine hawksbill, the popular Chinese pond turtle, the odd pig-nosed turtle, the large alligator snapping turtle, the keeled map turtle, and the bottom-feeding musk turtle.
What species of sea turtles are there?
Main sea turtle species include the green sea turtle, hawksbill, loggerhead, Atlantic loggerhead, and leatherback. The green turtle is the largest hard-shelled species (80-150 cm, 65-136 kg); loggerheads are ancient reptiles (100-200 cm, ~100 kg); hawksbills have a 62.5-114 cm carapace.
What kinds of turtles are there?
Turtles are grouped by size into small, medium, large, and giant types, and by habitat into aquatic, terrestrial, and semi-aquatic. Examples range from sliders and map turtles to pig-nosed and giant tortoises.