Loggerhead Turtle at Palma Aquarium | Learn About This Unique Species

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In the spawning season the female returns to the beach where she was born to lay her eggs.

Caretta Caretta

The sex of the offspring will depend on the temperature of the sand.
Above 29°C, females are more likely to hatch, which means that climate change could have lethal consequences for the development of these turtles.

Measures

40 - 90 cm Measure

Diet

Gastropods, bivalves, sponges, echinoderms, crustaceans, worms, cnidarians.

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Caretta Caretta

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Caretta Caretta

Measures

Diet

Conservation Status

Extinct

Threatened

Low risk

Origin

Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean.