{"id":30158,"date":"2026-08-17T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30158"},"modified":"2026-08-17T13:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:27:16","slug":"loggerhead-turtle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/loggerhead-turtle\/","title":{"rendered":"Loggerhead Sea Turtle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Loggerhead Sea Turtle Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mumbai Police personnel recently rescued a distressed 100-kg Loggerhead sea turtle after finding it struggling to swim and floating on the surface of the Arabian Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Loggerhead Sea Turtle<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a species of <\/span><b>oceanic turtle <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">belonging to the family Cheloniidae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Caretta caretta\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>world\u2019s largest hard-shelled turtle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, slightly larger at average and maximum mature weights than the green sea turtle and the Galapagos tortoise.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also the <\/span><b>world\u2019s second largest extant turtle<\/b> <b>after the leatherback sea turtle.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Loggerhead Sea Turtle <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loggerheads live in <\/span><b>oceans all over the world, except in the coldest seas.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>majority of<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> loggerhead nesting occurs in the western rims of the <\/span><b>Atlantic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Indian Oceans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, primarily in<\/span><b> Oman, the United States, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Australia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They may be <\/span><b>found hundreds of miles out to sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as in <\/span><b>inshore areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as bays, lagoons, salt marshes, and creeks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Loggerhead Sea Turtle <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loggerheads are <\/span><b>named <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for their <\/span><b>relatively large heads<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which<\/span><b> support powerful jaws<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and enable them to feed on hard-shelled prey, such as whelks and conchs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adult loggerheads typically have shell lengths between 0.9 and 1.2 meters (3 to 4 feet).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have a <\/span><b>large, reddish-brown, hard shell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; a <\/span><b>pale yellow underbelly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (or \u2018plastron\u2019); and<\/span><b> four flippers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with two (or sometimes three) claws on each.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Adult males <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are distinguished by <\/span><b>long tails<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that extend beyond the rear carapace and a narrowing of the carapace that tapers towards the rear.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>use the geomagnetic field as a map when navigating large distances.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Lifespan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Loggerheads can live up to<\/span><b> 80 years or more.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Loggerhead Sea Turtle <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Vulnerable<\/b>&#8216; under the IUCN Red List<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/india\/mumbai-police-rescue-100-kg-endangered-loggerhead-sea-turtle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TRIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loggerhead Turtle is a species of oceanic turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. 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