| The loggerhead sea turtle is a vertebrate and a reptile. Its
scientific name is the Caretta caretta. The name loggerhead comes from the large head. The loggerhead lives in the southeast United States and
is vulnerable.
Weighing several hundred pounds it is reddish brown, and
is usually thirty to forty inches long. The loggerhead lives for about sixty-five to seventy years or more. It lives less when it’s in
captivity. The loggerhead sea turtle lives around coasts or open seas.
It is usually found in the tropical, subtropical, and temperate waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. They usually migrate
north. They dine on crustaceans and shellfish.
Most loggerheads nest every other year or every third year. They lay several clutches, with about one hundred eggs in each clutch, from May
through August or October. They come up on the beach and dig a hole to lay their eggs in. Then they leave. Hatchlings are about two inches
long.
The loggerhead was first put on the protective list on July 28, 1978.
It is endangered mostly from human activities including interrupting nesting, beach development, commercial fishing, boats, and pollution.
Some things that help the animal are The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Topsail, North Carolina; Sea Turtle
Research and Rehabilitation at Mote Marine Laboratories; and it is protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
What I will do to help the loggerhead sea turtle is if I’m by the beach I will block or turn off outside lights seen from the beach and close
drapes after dark May through October. I also won’t shine lights at the
turtles or pick up the hatchlings. When I’m older I might volunteer to help work at a sea turtle rehabilitation center or sanctuary. If you
want to help, tell people not to shine lights at the turtles and to close the drapes after dark by the ocean. You should do
this because hatchlings go to the brightest thing they see, which is usually above
the ocean, and lights drag them off course.
This information was found on the Internet at:
Mbgnet.mobot.org
Learher.org
Cresli.org
Geocities.com
Swflorida.com
Endangered.fws.gov
Seaturtlehospital.org
Mote.org
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