Sea turtles are gentle, long-lived creatures (living many years) that carry their shell as a home, hatch on sandy beaches, swim gracefully with flippers, breathe air by surfacing, travel vast ocean distances, return to their birth beach, eat jellyfish and sea grass, navigate using Earth's magnetic field like a compass, and require clean oceans to survive.
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10 Amazing Facts About Sea Turtles! | Fun Facts with Bumo
Added:Hi friends. [music] It's me, Today we are on a warm, colorful reef.
>> [music] >> It's chant time.
When I say B U, you say M O.
Are you ready?
>> [music] >> B U M O >> [music] >> B U M O Yes.
You did it.
Now let's learn.
>> [music] >> Well, hello there.
I'm Shelly, the sea turtle.
>> [music] >> Shelly will help us learn 10 amazing facts about sea turtles.
Sea turtles are calm and gentle.
Are you ready?
>> [music] >> Let's dive in.
Here we go.
>> [music] >> Fact number one.
A turtle takes [music] its home along.
A sea turtle carries a strong shell on its back, a home to go.
>> My cozy shell goes everywhere with me.
>> [music] >> So handy.
Can you say shell home?
>> [music] >> Me.
Ready for fact two?
>> [music] >> Fact number two.
Guessing time.
>> [music] >> Do sea turtles live for just a few days or for many, many years?
>> [music] >> Many, many years.
A sea turtle can live a very long time.
>> [music] >> I've seen so many sunny days.
Slow and steady.
>> [music] >> Can you say so old?
>> [music] >> Wise turtle.
Fact three.
>> [music] >> Fact number three.
Here come the baby turtles.
>> [music] >> Baby turtles hatch on the sandy beach and hurry to the sea.
>> [music] >> Go, little ones.
Off to the ocean.
So brave.
>> [music] >> So cute.
Can you say >> [music] >> beach babies?
Ah.
Fact four.
>> [music] >> Fact number four.
>> [music] >> Watch Shelly swim.
A sea turtle flies through the water with its big flippers. [music] >> We.
Flip flap, like flying underwater.
>> [music] >> Can you flap your arms like my flippers?
Try it.
>> [music] >> So graceful.
Can you say flipper fly?
>> [music] >> Fact number five.
Turtles breathe air like us.
>> [music] >> A sea turtle swims up to the top for a big breath, then dives down.
>> Big breath in and back down I go.
>> [music] >> Can you take a breath and say come up?
>> [music] >> Halfway there.
Time to wiggle.
>> [music] >> Wiggle break.
>> [music] >> Everybody up.
Let's swim like Shelly.
>> [music] >> Big slow flippers glide and tuck.
We >> [music] >> Sweep big slow flippers with your arms.
Glide to the left.
>> [music] >> Glide to the right.
Now tuck into your shell. Hi.
>> [music] >> And peek back out.
Super swimming.
>> [music] >> Now back to our facts.
Fact number six.
Sea turtles are big travelers.
They swim across the whole ocean and back. So far.
>> [music] >> Far, far away and home again.
Slow and steady.
>> [music] >> Can you say big travel?
>> [music] >> Amazing.
Fact seven.
>> [music] >> Fact number seven.
This one is amazing.
A sea turtle can find the very same beach where it was born.
>> [music] >> This is my home beach. I always find it.
>> [music] >> So clever.
Can you say same beach?
>> [music] [bell] >> Wow.
Fact eight.
>> [music] >> Fact number eight.
Take a guess.
What do some sea turtles love to munch?
Wobbly jellyfish or a big rock?
>> [music] >> Wobbly jellyfish.
Some turtles munch jellyfish and yummy sea grass.
>> [music] >> Nibble, nibble, jellyfish, yum.
>> [music] >> Can you say yummy jelly?
>> [music] >> Tasty.
Fact nine.
>> [music] [music] >> Fact number nine.
How do turtles find their way?
>> [music] >> They use the earth like a compass to travel the big ocean.
>> [music] >> This way.
I always know the way home.
>> [music] >> So smart.
Can you say ocean [music] compass?
>> [music] >> One more fact to go.
Fact number 10, the best one.
Let's help turtles.
>> [music] >> Sea turtles need clean oceans, so we keep our beaches tidy.
>> Thank you for keeping my ocean clean.
>> [music] >> Turtles are wonderful.
Can you say clean oceans?
>> [music] >> Let's take good care of our sea turtle friends.
>> [music] [music] >> Wow.
We learned 10 amazing sea turtle facts.
Let's see what you remember.
What does a sea turtle carry on its back?
>> [music] >> Yes.
A sea turtle carries its shell home.
>> [music] >> And how does a turtle move through the water?
>> [music] >> It uh flies with big flippers, flipper fly.
And I find the same beach where I was born.
>> [music] >> And best of all, turtles need clean oceans.
You remembered so much.
Great job, friend.
>> [music] >> What a [music] calm, happy day with Shelly the sea turtle.
Which turtle fact was your favorite?
Point at it.
>> [music] >> And tell your grown-up at dinner.
>> Thank you for swimming with me. [music] Bye-bye, friends.
>> A springy green friend who hops [music] and says ribbit is coming next. Who could it be?
>> [music] >> Bye, friends.
>> [music] >> Keep being curious.
See you next time.
>> [music]
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