caretta caretta

 The Loggerheads Caretta Caretta turtles may weigh between 300 and 400 pounds. It eats crabs and other sea animals for food. You can recognize it by its large, thick head and broad short neck. They all return to the same beach where they themselves hatched in order to lay their eggs when they reach maturity. This ability to swim sometimes thousands of km to reach their beach of origin.

The sea turtles lay their eggs on certain beaches only. These beaches are their breeding season is between (May 1 to October 1). They lay approximately 100 eggs in each nest they dig in the breeding season. Then they hide their eggs by covering up with sand and return back to the sea. Females reach adulthood around 20-25 years and find their way to the beaches that they have hatched out. In short, they return to the same beaches for breeding. The eggs hatch out 2 months later. On their way into the sea, young turtles struggle with their preda tors at night. If they can escape from them, they reach the sea within 10-15 minutes.All kinds of noise, artificial lighting and human activities frighten the young and cause them to wander and get away from the water. 

The endangered Carettta Caretta, sea turtles, face becoming extinct due to the threats such as foxes, jackals, dogs, birds, crabs, fish and the destruction of their breeding habitats by human beings. Today, the nesting habitats of sea turtles have been considerably lost and degraded. Commercial exploitation of the sea turtles has also contributed to their decline to endangered species status. Turkey is one of the last remaining nesting habitats in the World.