but 1st to tortoises and turtles a fascinating bunch giant colomba goes tortoises can weigh up to $300.00 kilos sadly many species of these reptiles are in decline only 3 yangtze giant soft shell turtles are thought to still exist and that's even though a lot of these creatures have a very long life spans some live more than 200 years and was somewhat time valentine wanted to know more. how do you see to all those find their way back to their place of birth. look ahead to the toes are globetrotters following ocean currents they can travel more than 100 kilometers a day with their aerodynamic shape them paddle like feet they are in bursts able to exceed speeds of 25 kilometers an hour. they have to come up to breathe every. hours because they have lungs not gills and they go ashore to lay their eggs . every few years a female sea turtle returns to the beach where she herself hatched digs a hole and deposits a clutch of around $100.00 eggs in it. then she leaves the nest and returns to the sea. after a few weeks the babies hatch and follow a light source such as moonlight reflected on the w