Editing Sea turtle (section)

==== Oil spills ====
Sea turtles are very vulnerable to oil pollution, both because of the oil's tendency to linger on the water's surface, and because oil can affect them at every stage of their life cycle.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hirsch|first=Masako|title=Gulf oil spill's effects on sea turtles examined|url=http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/06/gulf_oil_spills_effects_on_sea.html|access-date=17 May 2012|newspaper=nola.com|date=9 June 2010}}</ref>  Oil can poison the sea turtles upon entering their digestive system.

Sea turtles<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/how-do-oil-spills-affect-sea-turtles.html|title=How Do Oil Spills Affect Sea Turtles? {{!}} response.restoration.noaa.gov|website=response.restoration.noaa.gov|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref> have a cycle that they follow from birth. The cycle depends on the sex of the turtle, but they follow it all the way through life. They start by hatching on the beach, they reach the water then move out to find food. They then start their breeding migration and then mate with another turtle. For females, they make their way to the beach to start it all over again. With males, they go back to feeding after mating and doing that over again. Oil spills can affect this cycle majorly. If the female was to go and lay eggs and ingest oil, the chemicals from the oil can get passed on to the offspring and will be hard for them to survive. The diet of the sea turtles can also be impacted by oil. If the things that they eat has oil on it or has ingested oil, it can get into their system and start attacking the insides of the turtle.