Loggerhead Turtle

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Recently, it is observed that warmer oceans and depleting food have affected the ubiquitous marine Loggerhead turtle’s reproductive and migratory patterns, and even its size

About Loggerhead Turtle

• It is a species of oceanic turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae.
• It is named Loggerhead for their large heads that support powerful jaw muscles.
• It is the world’s largest hard-shelled turtle, slightly larger at average and maximum mature weights than the green sea turtle and the Galapagos tortoise.
• It is also the world’s second largest extant turtle after the leatherback sea turtle. 
• It uses the geomagnetic field as a map when navigating large distances.
• Habitat: They may be found hundreds of miles out to sea, as well as in inshore areas such as bays, lagoons, salt marshes, creeks.
• Distribution: It inhabits the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea.
• Diet: It is omnivorous, feeding mainly on bottom-dwelling invertebrates, such as gastropods, bivalves, and decapods.
• Lifespan: Loggerheads can live up to 80 years or more. 
• Conservation status: IUCN: Vulnerable.
• Threats: Climate change, direct harvest of turtles and eggs, Loss and degradation of nesting habitat, Ocean pollution/marine debris and bycatch in fishing gear.

Source: TH

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