https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm Loggerhead Sea Turtle en-us 2021-04-28 19:33:58 UTC 2021-05-01 01:21:13 UTC hello@padlet.com blantonlexic https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1476205909 Loggerhead sea turtles are long-lived and could live 70 to 80 years or more. Female loggerheads reach maturity at about 35 years of age. Every 2 to 3 years they mate in coastal waters and return to nest on a beach in the general area where they hatched decades earlier. The oldest sea turtle is said to be 400 years old. It is in captivity in the Guangzhou Aquarium in China]]> 2021-04-29 23:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1476205909 blantonlexic https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1476249140 Loggerhead turtles are found worldwide primarily in subtropical and temperate regions, and in the Mediterranean Sea. In the Atlantic, the loggerhead turtle's range from Newfoundland to Argentina. In the eastern Pacific, loggerheads range from Alaska to Chile. These highly migratory turtles have an enormous range that encompasses all but the most frigid waters of the world's oceans. They prefer coastal habitats in temperate and subtropical regions, though they often frequent inland water bodies and will travel hundreds of miles to reach them.]]> 2021-04-29 23:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1476249140 blantonlexic https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1476272167 Loggerheads are carnivores, only occasionally consuming plant material. Unfortunately, trash and other debris discarded by humans also tends to accumulate in their habitat. Small fragments of plastic are often mistaken for food and eaten by turtles. Juveniles and adults in coastal waters eat mostly bottom dwelling invertebrates such as whelks, other mollusks, horseshoe crabs, and other crabs. Their powerful jaws are designed to crush their prey.]]> 2021-04-30 00:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1476272167 blantonlexic https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1476286664 Adult females lay three to five nests, sometimes more, two weeks apart during a single nesting season. Each nest contains about 100 eggs. The sex of hatchlings is determined by the temperature of the sand—cooler temperatures produce males and warmer temperatures produce females. After about 2 months incubating in the warm sand, the eggs hatch and the hatchlings make their way to the water. Newly hatched loggerhead turtles are susceptible to predators.]]> 2021-04-30 00:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1476286664 blantonlexic https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1476290691 A primary threat to sea turtles is their unintended capture in fishing gear which can result in drowning or cause injuries that lead to death or debilitation. Coastal development and rising seas from climate change are leading to the loss of critical nesting beach habitat for loggerhead turtles. Various types of watercraft can strike loggerhead turtles when they are at or near the surface resulting in injury or death. The killing of loggerheads and collection of eggs continue to be a threat. Loggerhead turtles may die after ingesting fishing line, plastic bags and other plastic debris, floating tar or oil, and other materials discarded by humans which they can mistake for food. ]]> 2021-04-30 00:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1476290691 blantonlexic https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1480309625 Loggerhead turtles are found worldwide with nine distinct population segments (DPS) listed under the Endangered Species Act. The most recent reviews show that only two loggerhead nesting beaches have greater than 10,000 females nesting per year: South Florida and Oman. Oman hosts the second largest nesting assemblage of loggerheads in the world, but recent trends analyses indicate this important nesting population is declining. In the United States, the Northwest Atlantic Ocean DPS of loggerhead turtles nests primarily along the Atlantic coast of Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina and along the Florida and Alabama coasts in the Gulf of Mexico. Total estimated nesting in the United States is more than 100,000 nests per year.

]]> 2021-05-01 01:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1480309625 blantonlexic https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1480313152 Loggerhead turtles have large heads with powerful jaws. The top shell (carapace) is slightly heart-shaped and reddish-brown in adults and sub-adults, while the bottom shell (plastron) is generally a pale yellowish color. The neck and flippers are usually dull brown to reddish brown on top and medium to pale yellow on the sides and bottom. Unlike freshwater turtles and tortoises, sea turtles cannot withdraw their head or flippers into their shells. Hatchlings are mostly dark brown, their flippers have white to white-gray margins, and the  bottom shell is generally yellowish to tan.]]> 2021-05-01 01:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1480313152 blantonlexic https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1480315037 - A female loggerhead sea turtle may travel thousands of miles to nest her eggs on the same beach she hatched on. 
- When searching for a place to nest, female loggerheads leave wavy tracks on the sand. 
- Newly hatched loggerheads are only 2 inches long. 
- They use the star and moon reflection on the water to find their way back to the ocean. 
- The sex of a baby turtle is determined by temperature while incubating.

]]> 2021-05-01 01:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1480315037 blantonlexic https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1480323545 -Only 1 in 1,000 baby sea turtles will live to adulthood.
- They are on the international endangered species list.
- They have super strong jaws. 
- Their species has been on the earth for 110 million years. 
- They are a fundamental link in marine ecosystems and help maintain the health of coral reefs and seagrass beds.]]> 2021-05-01 01:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/blantonlexic/pra9zloaxgp9vvfm/wish/1480323545