fishrock
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logerhead turtle
A barnacle encrusted logerhead turtle in fish rock cave

A Loggerhead Turtle inside the cave at Fish rock.

  • Caretta caretta
  • A loggerhead sea turtle reportedly grows up to 800 lbs (364 kg) and 3.5 feet long.
  • Their shell color is a reddish brown color, and the color of their skin is brown yellow
  • The species feeds on mollusks, crustaceans, fish, jellyfish, the Portuguese Man o' War, and other small- to medium-sized marine animals, which they crush with their large and powerful jaws.
  • Most loggerheads that reach adulthood live for longer than 30 years, and can often live past 198.7 years