- The loggerhead turtle has a streamlined body with a hard shell that is reddish-brown in color. It has a large head compared to other sea turtles, and brown-yellow skin, spotted red-brown around the face and on top of the fins.
- Loggerhead sea turtles can grow up to an average of three feet long as an adult. Full-grown members of the species weigh up to 250 lbs.
- Loggerheads are seen throughout the globe, staying mostly in warm, temperate waters, though their migration routes can send them north or south into colder waters.
- The loggerhead turtle has thick, powerful jaws that can be used to eat hard-shelled organisms such as conch. They also feed on jellyfish and other medium-sized sea creatures.
- Migratory routes take loggerhead turtles from breeding grounds to feeding grounds and back again. These sea turtles always return to lay eggs on the same beach that they were born on.
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