loggerhead sea turtle by: olivia. biome the loggerhead sea turtle lives in the ocean

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Loggerhead Sea TurtleBy: 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.

100-125 eggs every 14 flotsam. Flotsam means every time they come

up to lay their eggs.

Offspring

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.

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