Green sea turtle

Photo: Shankar Meyer · CC BY-NC

Green turtles are year-round residents at Abu Dabbab, resting on sandy patches between feeding bouts on seagrass and algae. As adults, they shift from carnivory to a near-exclusively herbivorous diet, making seagrass meadows like Abu Dabbab's an essential foraging ground. Juveniles and sub-adults occasionally share resting ledges on the fringing reef with hawksbills, making mixed-species turtle sightings common.