Editing Sea turtle (section)

==== Predators and disease ====
Most sea turtle mortality happens early in life. Sea turtles usually lay around 100 eggs at a time, but on average only one of the eggs from the nest will survive to adulthood.<ref>Wright, Sara. [http://www.blufftontoday.com/news/2010-08-06/hilton-head-island-sees-record-sea-turtle-nesting-season "Hilton Head Island sees record sea turtle nesting season."] Bluffton Today (2010): n. pag. Web. 8 Dec 2010.</ref> Raccoons, foxes, and seabirds may raid nests or hatchlings may be eaten within minutes of hatching as they make their initial run for the ocean.<ref name=":11">[http://www.seaturtlefoundation.org/threats/natural/ "Natural."] Sea Turtle Foundation. Sea Turtle Foundation, 2010. Web. 8 Dec 2010.</ref> Once in the water, they are susceptible to seabirds, large fish and even other sea turtles.

Adult sea turtles have few predators. Large aquatic carnivores such as sharks and crocodiles are their biggest threats; however, reports of terrestrial predators attacking nesting females are not uncommon. [[Jaguar]]s have been reported to smash into sea turtle shells with their paws, and scoop out the flesh.<ref>Baker, Natural History and Behavior, pp. 8–16</ref>

[[Turtle fibropapillomatosis|Fibropapillomatosis]] disease causes tumors in sea turtles.

While many of the things that endanger sea turtles are natural predators,<ref name=":11"/> increasingly many threats to the sea turtle species have arrived with the ever-growing presence of humans.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Heithaus|first1=Michael R.|last2=Wirsing|first2=Aaron J.|last3=Thomson|first3=Jordan A.|last4=Burkholder|first4=Derek A. |year=2008 |title=A review of lethal and non-lethal effects of predators on adult marine turtles |journal=Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology |volume=356 |issue=1–2 |pages=43–51 |doi=10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.013|bibcode=2008JEMBE.356...43H }}</ref>