Haggan Karai

Haggan Karai

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

Photo By: Robert F. Myers

Related Species:

Green Sea Turtle (Haggan).

General Facts:

They are Native to our island and also an Endangered Species.

Specific Habitat:

Live in the ocean, but every few years will migrate back to the beaches where they were born..

Sources of Food:

They feed primarlily on Sponges and therefore are most frequenty observed in harbors and lagoons where Sponges are abundant.

Predators in the Wild:

Larger fishes such as Sharks etc...

Economic Importance:

They attract tourists to our beautiful island of Guam, and in other islands they are still used for food.

Threatening Factors:

They capture this species and use their shells for decorative purposes.. They make bracelets, pendants, and earings out of their shells.

Preserving this Species:

There is a law that says it's illegal to capture, possess ,buy, sell, and/or transport it to different places in the world.

Additional Facts:

The female crawls ashore on a sandy beach and uses her flippers to dig a large hole in the sand above the higher-water line near some vegetation. She lays about 100 eggs which she covers with sand. The eggs take about 60 days to hatch. Haggan Karai still occasinally nest here on Guam.

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Funded by the Federal Aid in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Programs administered by the Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, Department of Agriculture, and the Guam Coastal Management Program, Bureau of Planning, Government of Guam pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA270Z0331-01.

*Related Species:*	*Green Sea Turtle (Haggan).*
*General Facts:*	*They are Native to our island and also an Endangered Species.*
*Specific Habitat:*	*Live in the ocean, but every few years will migrate back to the beaches where they were born..*
*Sources of Food:*	*They feed primarlily on Sponges and therefore are most frequenty observed in harbors and lagoons where Sponges are abundant.*
*Predators in the Wild:*	*Larger fishes such as Sharks etc...*
*Economic Importance:*	*They attract tourists to our beautiful island of Guam, and in other islands they are still used for food.*
*Threatening Factors:*	*They capture this species and use their shells for decorative purposes.. They make bracelets, pendants, and earings out of their shells.*
*Preserving this Species:*	*There is a law that says it's illegal to capture, possess ,buy, sell, and/or transport it to different places in the world.*
*Additional Facts:*	The female crawls ashore on a sandy beach and uses her flippers to dig a large hole in the sand above the higher-water line near some vegetation. She lays about 100 eggs which she covers with sand. The eggs take about 60 days to hatch. Haggan Karai still occasinally nest here on Guam.