common-turtle

common-turtle

The common-turtle (Caretta caretta), also called turtle-green, loggerhead turtle-half-comb or turtle-mestizo, is a kind of common sea turtles in all the World Oceans, but is threatened with extinction.

The measures of a loggerhead turtle averages 90 cm in length when fully grown, although larger individuals up to 270 cm were discovered. A loggerhead turtle fully grown and weighs about 135 kg with the largest specimens weighing over 454 kg. The skin color varies from yellow to brown, and the skin is usually reddish-brown. There are no external differences in sex before becoming an adult turtle, the most obvious difference is that adult males have thicker tails and longer than females.

habitat

Loggerhead sea turtles spend most of their lives in the open ocean and in shallow coastal waters. They rarely come to the ground, except female "brief visits to the construction and deposit eggs in the nests.  turtles loggerhead hatchling live on floating mats of Sargassum algae. Adults and youth living along the continental shelf, as well as in shallow waters of coastal estuaries. in the northwest Atlantic ocean, age plays a habitat preference factor. juveniles are more often found in shallow estuarine habitats with access to limited ocean compared to adult non-settlement. the hardboiled turtles take up water with surface temperatures ranging from 13.3 to 28 ° C (56-82 ° F) for non-breeding season. temperatures of 27-28 ° C (81-82 ° F) is the most suitable for the female nesting

predators

The loggerhead turtles have many predators, especially early in their lives. Predators of eggs and hatchlings include earthworms, beetles, fly larvae, ants, wasp parasitoid larvae, crabs, snakes, gulls, corvids, possums, bears, mice, armadillos, mustelids, canids, cats, pigs, and humans. During their migration from their nest to the sea, chicks are preyed upon by larvae of flies, crabs, frogs, lizards, snakes, sea birds such as frigates and other birds and various mammals. In the ocean, predators of juvenile include other fish and moray eels. Adults are rarely attacked due to its large size, but can be preyed on by large sharks, seals and killer whales. Nesting females are attacked by flies, wild dogs and humans. "Salt Marsh" or mosquitoes can also disturb females nesting.