🐢💨 Sea Turtle Secrets: How They Breathe Underwater Although sea turtles spend most of their lives in the ocean, they are air-breathing reptiles. They must surface to inhale, yet they are capable of remarkably long and efficient dives — a fact supported by scientific research in marine physiology. 🌊✨ How do sea turtles manage it? • Highly efficient lungs: They can take a full breath in 1–2 seconds, exchanging 80–90% of the air in their lungs — far more than humans. • Oxygen conservation: Durin

Can turtles breath underwater?🤔🌬️ Sea turtles are air breathing reptiles with lungs, which means they regularly need surface to breathe, as can be seen with this individual here in the video! 👇 However, they can hold their breath for very long periods. A resting turtle can stay underwater for up to 7 hours, whereas an active individual may need to surface more frequently. When holding their breath, the heart rate slows down to conserve oxygen. Up to 9 minutes can pass between two heartbeats!