Learn more 👇 Mating usually happens in warm waters, often just offshore, with the male clasping onto the female’s shell as they drift together beneath the waves. It can look like rather aggressive at first, with multiple males trying to attach themselves to one female. Weeks later, the female makes an extraordinary journey back to the area where she was born, guided by instinct and the pull of the earth’s magnetic field. She will crawl ashore, using her powerful flippers to haul her heavy body