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Do turtles lay the same number of eggs every time they nest?

April 26, 2017eggs lay nest time turtles

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Do turtles lay the same number of eggs every time they nest?

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Not necessarily. Much as the variation in growth rates, green turtles usually lay between 70 and 120 eggs, with an average of about 100. Hawksbills lay slightly more than that. Depending on how energy is put into egg making, they may lay more or fewer eggs each time they emerge to nest.