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	Loggerhead Sea Turtle Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The loggerhead sea turtle is perhaps the most common of the sea turtles and the only one that still regularly nests on the U. Atlantic Coast, on beaches from New Jersey to Texas.
		Loggerhead sea turtles are found globally, preferring temperate and subtropical waters.
		Loggerhead sea turtles and eggs are hunted extensively in many parts of the world.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/loggfs.html (560 words)

	Loggerhead Sea Turtle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) is a sea turtle and the only member of the genus Caretta.
		As with other sea turtles, females return to lay their eggs on or near the same beach where they hatched.
		Unlike other sea turtles, courtship and mating usually do not take place near the nesting beach, but rather along the migration routes between feeding and breeding grounds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loggerhead_Sea_Turtle (288 words)

	Loggerhead
		Loggerhead turtles are essentially carnivores, feeding primarily on crabs, horseshoe crabs, shrimp, jellyfish, and a variety of mollusks.
		Sea turtles are marine reptiles that have existed since their giant land turtle ancestors returned to the sea sometime during the Age of Dinosaurs.
		The loggerhead is the most common sea turtle using the area for nesting; as a matter of fact, Florida, from the Space Coast to the Gold Coast, is the second most important nesting area in the world for loggerhead sea turtles.
	www.2fla.com /loggerhead.htm (2191 words)

	Loggerhead Sea Turtle
		An ancient mariner, the loggerhead sea turtle, emerges from the shimmering water of the Atlantic, and crawls ashore to lay her eggs in a sandy nest.
		The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), like all sea turtles, is a reptile and is related to land turtles, lizards, and snakes.
		Loggerhead sea turtles are primarily carnivorous and feed mostly on shellfish that live on the bottom of the ocean.
	www.hiltonheadislandsc.gov /Island/turtle.html (909 words)

	Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Loggerheads are circumglobal, inhabiting continental shelves, bays, estuaries, and lagoons in temperate, subtropical, and tropical waters.
		Turtles are attracted to light, ignoring or coming out of the ocean to go towards a light source, increasing their chances of death or injury.
		Loggerhead turtles are vulnerable to entanglement in trap fishery lines, and subsequent drowning.
	www.nmfs.noaa.gov /prot_res/species/turtles/loggerhead.html (1275 words)

	Ecosystem - MSN Encarta
		In the last thirty years, populations of loggerhead turtles on the southeastern coasts of the United States have been declining at alarming rates due to beach development and the ensuing erosion, bright lights, and traffic, which make it nearly impossible for female turtles to build nests on beaches.
		At sea, loggerheads are threatened by oil spills and plastic debris, offshore dredging, injury from boat propellers, and getting caught in fishing nets and equipment.
		When scientists learned that commercial shrimp trawling nets were trapping and killing between 5000 and 50,000 loggerhead sea turtles a year, they developed a large metal grid called a Turtle Excluder Device (TED) that fits into the trawl net, preventing 97 percent of trawl-related loggerhead turtle deaths while only minimally reducing the commercial shrimp harvest.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761582459/Ecosystem.html (1294 words)

	Loggerhead Sea Turtles
		The Loggerhead turtle, so named because of its unusually large head, plies the temperate and tropical waters of the Bahamas, Cuba, The Dominican Republic and the east coast of the U.S. as far north as NJ and south through the Florida Keys and the Gulf of Mexico.
		It is the only turtle in the genus Caretta and is listed as a threatened species in the United States; international trade is completely banned and the turtle is considered to be vulnerable worldwide.
		Sea turtles, like the loggerhead, are reptiles and as such are related to land turtles, lizards, and snakes.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/st_loggerhead.htm (520 words)

	TPWD: Loggerhead Sea Turtle
		Sharks are a formidable predator throughout the life cycle of sea turtles, although larger turtles can often avoid a shark attack by presenting the flat side of the plastron or carapace to prevent biting.
		Loggerheads are capable of living in a variety of environments, such as in brackish waters of coastal lagoons and river mouths.
		This is the only sea turtle that can nest successfully outside of the tropics, but the summer surface water temperature must be over 20 C. As with other sea turtles, females return to lay their eggs on or near the same beach where they hatched.
	www.tpwd.state.tx.us /huntwild/wild/species/endang/animals/reptiles_amphibians/logghead.phtml (732 words)

	ADW: Caretta caretta: Information
		Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings tend to be dark brown to reddish brown on the carapace and cream to reddish brown or dark brown on the plastron.
		Loggerhead sea turtles have their hard shell, their size, and their rough, scaly skin on the head and neck to protect them from predation.
		Sea turtles are an attraction for ecotourism and popular with people wanting to snorkel or dive with these animals, as well as for those wanting to watch the nesting process.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Caretta_caretta.html (2785 words)

	Loggerhead Sea Turtle
		The loggerhead also has thick jaws that it uses to crush clams, crabs, and the other shelled animals that it eats.
		This turtle is seen throughout the world: as far north as Canada, in the USA and Mexico, the Pacific basin, Australia, and South America.
		Loggerheads mate from early March to late June in warm waters near open beaches.
	animalexploration.tripod.com /loggerhead.html (290 words)

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		The loggerhead sea turtle also may be known by the common names loggerhead, Atlantic loggerhead turtle, Atlantic loggerhead (43), Pacific loggerhead turtle, Pacific loggerhead (44), cabezon, caguama, and caouane.
		Spirorchidiasis in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): Pathology.
		Sea turtles in the region between Cape Hatteras and Nova Scotia in 1979.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e152004.htm (4736 words)

	CT DEP: Loggerhead Sea Turtle Fact Sheet
		The turtle formerly nested on Atlantic beaches from Virginia to the Gulf Coast; today the breeding range extends from North Carolina to the east and west coasts of Florida.
		Another factor which affects sea turtle populations is the presence of lights on beach nesting areas.
		The skull of the loggerhead is broad and massive, providing an anchor for the strong jaw muscles that are needed to crush shellfish.
	dep.state.ct.us /burnatr/wildlife/factshts/lhttl.htm (854 words)

	Padre Island National Seashore - Loggerhead (U.S. National Park Service)
		The loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) is a medium to large turtle.
		It is the most common sea turtle encountered in the southeastern U.S. and is frequently observed around wrecks, underwater structures, and reefs where it feeds on crabs, jellyfish, Portuguese man-o-war, and mollusks.
		Loggerheads nest in the U.S. from Texas to as far north as Virginia and (rarely) to Maryland and New Jersey.
	www.nps.gov /pais/naturescience/loggerhead.htm (507 words)

	Caretta caretta, Loggerhead Sea Turtle at MarineBio.org
		Sea turtles spend almost all their lives submerged but must breathe air for the oxygen needed to meet the demands of vigorous activity.
		Loggerhead sea turtles reach sexual maturity when adults and their shells are longer than 90 cm in length (thought to occur when they are from 12-30 years of age).
		Sea Turtle Data is from the FAO Species Catalogue Volume 11 Sea Turtles of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Sea Turtle Species Known to Date.
	marinebio.org /species.asp?id=163 (1835 words)

	CRESLI Loggerhead Sea Turtle page
		Loggerheads are reddish brown on the back and orange - yellow underneath.
		As with all sea turtles, loggerheads are long lived.
		A mature female loggerhead was documented to live 33 years in captivity, while estimates of their life expectancy range up to 60 - 75 years or more.
	www.cresli.org /cresli/turtles/loggerhd.html (203 words)

	Bagheera: An Endangered Species and Endangered Animal Online Education Resource
		Turtle eggs are used in traditional Asian medicines, and in most parts of the tropical world the eggs are an important part of local diets.
		Leatherback sea turtles in particular may be attracted to long-lines by the chemical light sticks attached to the lines, which may resemble the jellyfish that constitute their primary food.
		Turtles now breed in tanks and lay their eggs on artificial beaches, where the eggs are collected and incubated to ensure maximum survival of hatchlings.
	www.bagheera.com /inthewild/van_anim_turtle.htm (2077 words)

	Grays' Reef Loggerhead Sea Turtle Satellite Tagging Project
		To capture a turtle, a loggerhead is directed by divers into a hand held net, carried to the surface, and lifted onto a boat.
		For these studies, the satellite transmitters were attached to the turtle using a 2-part adhesive placed on the highest part of the animals carapace: the second scale.
		A sea turtle, like all reptiles, must surface to breath; when it does, an air bubble forms under its shell producing positive buoyancy, bringing the animal to the surface in a flat, prone position, rather than head first.
	www.graysreef.nos.noaa.gov /turtletag.html (599 words)

	Loggerhead Sea Turtles on Little St. Simons Island, Georgia
		As those of you who have participated in our summer Sea Turtle Monitoring Programs know, efforts to protect the Loggerheads and their habitats are critical to the survival of this species.
		Loggerheads are circumglobal, inhabiting continental shelves, bays, estuaries and lagoons in temperate, subtropical and tropical waters from Newfoundland to as far south as Argentina.
		Scientists now believe that when a female loggerhead is old enough to mate and lay eggs, she will find her way back from hundreds and even thousands of miles away to the same area where she hatched.
	www.littlestsimonsisland.com /pages/loggerhead.html (421 words)

	Loggerhead Sea Turtle
		The loggerhead is the most common sea turtle to strand in South Carolina and the nesting population has declined three percent per year since records began in 1980.
		Green turtles are herbivorous and remain near pastures of turtle grasses.
		On July 28, 1978, the green sea turtle was designated as endangered for the breeding colony populations in Florida and on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
	www.sctraveler.com /sea_turtle.htm (423 words)

	Maryland's Wildlife Species - Loggerhead Sea Turtle - Natural Heritage Program - Wildlife and Heritage Service
		The loggerhead sea turtle is a large reddish-brown sea turtle with a disproportionately large head.
		Loggerhead sea turtles are the most common sea turtle encountered in the southeastern U.S., and are frequently observed around wrecks, underwater structures, and reefs, where they forage on a variety of crabs, jellyfish and mollusks.
		In addition, loggerhead turtles are often captured incidental to shrimp trawling.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /wildlife/logger.asp (143 words)

	Loggerhead Turtle Numbers Slide on Florida Nesting Beaches
		The largest remaining loggerhead sea turtle rookery in the United States is in steep decline, according to the latest Index Nesting Beach Survey compiled by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
		Loggerheads that hatch on Florida beaches take 20 to 30 years to reach maturity, so recent storm impacts would not be seen in the nesting population for decades, the Commission explains.
		Loggerhead strandings of dead or debilitated turtles documented by the Florida Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network between 1980 and 2005 have increased over the period from 1989—2005, with the two highest yearly totals occurring in 2003 and 2005.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/nov2006/2006-11-16-02.asp (924 words)

	The Turtle Hospital
		He had learned that a sick and injured sea turtle is one that floats on the surface and is unable to dive.
		Caption: Richie Moretti, of The Turtle Hospital and Kevin Scalabrin of the Marathon Coast Guard station place eighty five sea turtle hatchlings on board of the 27 foot boat to take the turtles eight and half miles off shore, where the sargassum weed line awaited.
		A 250 pound Green Sea Turtle who was flown to the Turtle Hospital on September 10, 2003 from St. Croix after she was attacked by feral dogs while she was nesting.
	www.turtlehospital.org /releases.htm (3744 words)

	NetPets, Inc. / The Kids' Room / Sea Turtle Facts
		It is, however, the largest hard-shelled sea turtle with adults weighing in at an average of between 200 and 300 pounds with a shell length of between 36 and 43 inches.
		The hawksbill is a small-to-medium-size sea turtle, ranging from 30 to 36 inches in shell length and weighing from 100 to 200 pounds.
		Adult loggerhead sea turtles are big, reddish-brown reptiles ranging between 150 and 400 pounds and their shell length is between 33 to 40 inches.
	www.chirpingbird.com /netpets/html/classrm/turtlfac.html (2295 words)

	Loggerhead Sea Turtle
		Overview: Loggerhead sea turtles are a pelagic species, which means that they spend the majority of their life in the open ocean.
		Loggerhead nesting habitat is limited to relatively undisturbed beaches with well-drained dunes, clean sand and grassy vegetation.
		Loggerhead populations have also been reduced as a result of local exploitation of their eggs and meat (not such a problem in North America), beach-sand mining, incidental capture in shrimp trawls, and a devastating herpes-like virus called fibropapillomatosis, a condition found mainly among juvenile and sub-adult turtles feeding in polluted near-shore waters.
	www.pacificbio.org /ESIN/ReptilesAmphibians/LoggerheadTurtle/loggerhead_pg.htm (383 words)

	Galveston Laboratory Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sea turtle strandings and shrimp fishing effort in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 1986-1989.
		Sea turtle strandings and shrimping effort on coasts of southwestern Louisiana and Texas, pp.
		A congenital lung disorder in a juvenile head-started Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempi.
	galveston.ssp.nmfs.gov /publications/index.php (6812 words)

	Loggerhead Sea Turtle
		Loggerhead sea turtles inhabit estuaries, lagoons, bays and ship channels in warm and temperate seas and oceans worldwide.
		Lights on coastal highways and housing developments disorient the nocturnal emerging hatchlings of this species, often causing them to move away from the water and be killed by automobiles.
		Loggerhead hides are highly valued for their rich color and are widely used to make leather products such as boots, wallets, and purses.
	www.seaturtleinc.com /turtles/loggerhead.html (349 words)

	EuroTurtle - Loggerhead sea turtle
		Loggerheads are found all over the Mediterranean although most activity occurs in the Eastern part of the basin and there is firm evidence that there are important wintering areas located off the south east coast of Turkey (Groombridge).
		Loggerheads are said to be highly philopatric: returning to the same stretch of coastline to nest each year, probably to the same area where they originally hatched.
		Loggerhead turtles are more prone to predation than Green turtles because their eggs are located closer to the surface of ther beach.
	www.euroturtle.org /outline/logger4.htm (1633 words)

	Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting in Steep Decline
		Florida accounts for 90% of the loggerhead nesting in the U.S., with one nesting aggregation on the beaches of the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge on the Atlantic coast considered to be one of the two largest remaining in the world.
		Loggerheads that hatch on Florida beaches take 20-30 years to reach maturity, so recent storm impacts would not be seen in the nesting population for decades.
		Sea turtles in Florida face many other threats according to the report, including the challenges faced by a booming coastal human population and coastal development.
	www.world-wire.com /news/0611090001.html (664 words)

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