Loggerhead turtles
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- Loggerhead turtles!
- By: Macy Bass
- I'm a Loggerhead turtle! My genus is Caretta and I am an oceanic turtle
- Some of my biggest threats that I need to look out for are by-catch in fishing gear.
- I have a large head with a powerful jaw. I have a slightly heart-shaped and reddish/brown shell.
- I weigh typically around 155 to 375 pounds as I grow up. I am also around 2.5 to 3.5 feet usually
- I eat bottom dwelling invertebrates like whelks, other mollusks, jellyfish, horseshoes crabs, and other crabs
- You can find me worldwide! But mainly in the subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. As well as in the Mediterranean sea!
- I nest every 2-4 years and lay about 115-125 eggs.
- I nest throughout the Caribbean, both sides of the Atlantic ocean, in the eastern Mediterranean sea, in the Indian Ocean, and in the North/South Pacific Ocean.
- I am the most common species of turtle in the US
- I made it back home! Until next time goodbye!
- Female loggerhead turtles return to the same nests where they were born to lay their own eggs
- Some fun facts about me! It takes me up to 39 years to reach maturity
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