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Loggerhead Sea Turtle. By : Olivia. Biome. The loggerhead sea turtle lives in the ocean. Color. The loggerhead is olive green. Weight. The loggerhead sea turtle weighs about 300 pounds larger specimens weigh about 1,000 pounds. Size. They can be 3 feet long. Diet.
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle By: Olivia
Biome • The loggerhead sea turtle lives in the ocean.
Color • The loggerhead is olive green.
Weight • The loggerhead sea turtle weighs about 300 pounds larger specimens weigh about 1,000 pounds.
Size • They can be 3 feet long.
Diet • Loggerhead sea turtles eat crabs ,mollusks ,snails, jellyfish, sometimes fish and eelgrass.
Offspring • 100-125 eggs every 14 flotsam. • Flotsam means every time they come up to lay their eggs.
predators • Raccoons try to eat the eggs so do wild boars. • Raccoons try to destroy the nest so do humans.
populations • 6 of the 7 species are left.
Why its endangered • Fisher men and women are catching them in fishing nets.
protection • Humans are trying to stop catching them in nets and setting them free.
Interesting facts • They can live up to 60 years or more. • They swim up along reefs ,coasts , and beaches. • they lay their eggs on beaches and dig a hole then lay their eggs.