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The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae.The average loggerhead measures around 90 cm (35 in) in carapace length when fully grown.
The largest extant turtle is the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), reaching a maximum total length of 3 m (10 ft) and a weight of 961 kg (2,119 lb). [1] [96] The second-largest extant testudine is the Loggerhead sea turtle. It tends to weight slightly more average weight than the green sea turtle, and reaches more massive top sizes.
In contrast to their earth-bound relatives, tortoises, sea turtles do not have the ability to retract their heads into their shells. Their plastron, which is the bony plate making up the underside of a turtle or tortoise's shell, is comparably more reduced from other turtle species and is connected to the top part of the shell by ligaments without a hinge separating the pectoral and abdominal ...
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A small loggerhead turtle, just minutes old, survived two perils that could have and should have ended its young life. But thanks to the good eyes and quick responses of some human volunteers, the ...
Loggerhead sea turtle: 붉은바다거북 (red sea turtle) Chelonia mydas: Green sea turtle: 바다거북 (sea turtle) Dermochelys coriacea: Leatherback sea turtle: 장수거북 (general or giant turtle) I: critically endangered; Chinemys reevesii: Chinese pond turtle: 남생이 (namsaengi) Trachemys scripta elegans: Red-eared slider
A rehabilitated sea turtle was released back into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach Wednesday morning. Willow, a subadult loggerhead, was set free in the area behind the Loggerhead ...
The GSPCA said it had looked after the loggerhead turtle since she washed up on the west coast. The turtle has been taken to Sea Life Brighton thanks to Condor Ferries, free of charge, and will be ...