What happens to the bodies of turtles that die?
What happens to their bodies depends on which environment they die in. Of those, which die in the ocean, only a very small percentage wash ashore. The majority sinks to the bottom of the ocean where they are fed on by an array of other animal life including fish and worms, which strip the bones of dead flesh. Those, which die on land, may be eaten by a variety if organisms including birds, such as Vultures, ants, fly larvae, etc. Their bodies provide a good source of food to these creatures and the bones help fertilize the sand and provide it with Calcium.
