Sea Turtles Coloring Book

Sea Turtles - No Na Honu Kai

Sea Turtles figure prominently in native Hawaiian life. They are featured in mythology, petroglyphs, and as aumakua (personal family gods and guardians).

Turtles are reptiles, the same as lizards, geckos and snakes. Like all reptiles, turtles have scaly, dry skin but unlike their crocodile and snake relatives, turtles have no teeth. Turtles have a shell, called carapace, that protects them from their enemies. Many turtles can pull their bodies into the shellmaking it impossible for predators to harm them.

Most turtles spend their lives on or near land or in fresh water. There is one group of of turtles, however, that spends almost all of its life in the ocean: the sea turtle. The sea turtle, unlike most other turtles, cannot pull its head and flippers into its shell and its legs have changed to become more like a fish's fins.

You can learn more about sea turtles in Hawaii Nature Focus booklet number 9 in our Environmental Education section of this website.

To use these pictures, select the thumbnail image you would like to color. A larger image will appear on your screen. Print this image and have fun coloring the pictures!

 

Credits:
Illustrated by Mary Beath
Text by Francine Jacobs
Adapted from Sea Turtles by the Center for Marine Conservation
Originally Published in Hawaiian by Hawaiian Wildlife Tours © 1996
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