TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Slow and Steady 5 CHAPTER 2 Navigating the Waters 11 CHAPTER 3 Turtle Tracking 17 THAT'S AMAZING An Epic Journey 22 CHAPTER 4 Saving the Leatherbacks 25 Focus on Leatherback Sea Turtle Migration 30 Glossary 31 To Learn More 32 Index 32
5 CHAPTER 1 SLOW AND STEADY When night falls a female leatherback sea turtle swims to shore She digs a deep hole in the sand and lays her eggs inside She covers the eggs with sand Then she returns to the water She will swim thousands of miles back out to sea Two months later the turtle is still swimming But her eggs are hatching A female leatherback turtle prepares to leave a beach after burying her eggs
