How Old Are Sea Turtles?

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In captivity, there have been turtles since the fifties or sixties that are still alive. I don't know if we know the actual age of turtles in the wild because it's actually difficult to age a turtle. So you can kind of get an idea of how old they would end up being if they aren't starting to reproduce until 25. At 25 sea turtles may just be going through awkward boner stages, but they can legally buy beer in rent a car. Then maybe their life spans might be double ours.

If you think you like sea turtles, get ready to become wildly obsessed with them. Cheloniologist Dr. Camryn Allen met up with Alie on a tropical island (ok, in a hotel room on a tropical island) to chat about flipper slappings, turtle rodeos, nesting BBs, current surfing, endangered statuses, field work, sleeping under water, world records, boopable noses, male:female ratios, mind-boggling navigation, what you can do to help them, and the many mysteries that still remain. Take a deep dive into the world of seartles. Or is it surtles?

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