The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), so named because of the color of the soup made from its fat, ranges from a dark brown to a much lighter brown with dark markings. Adults, though they have been measured at up to 900 pounds in the past, weigh up to 450 pounds. They are found in the warm, shallow waters around the world consuming sea grasses in bays, estuaries, and along reefs. Green sea turtles mate off the coast from which the female emerged as a hatchling. She can nest as often as every twelve to fourteen days, laying between 110 and 115 eggs each time. The hatchlings that emerge will go down the beach into the sea on their own where they will spend a pelagic period (up to three decades, but routinely averaging roughly 15 years) at sea