These sea turtles are highly endangered. According to http://edweirdo.hubpages.com/hub/North-America-Top-10-Endangered-Species-List , "The eggs are often stolen by humans for consumption as a delicacy, and in Southeast Asia the species is all but extinct due to this activity. The hatchlings are vulnerable to attack by birds and fellow sea creatures, and as a result very few survive into adulthood. Those that do survive are often killed by pollution or from ingesting discarded balloons and plastic bags, which closely resemble jellyfish, their natural prey."
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