Sea Turtles

NOAA - Endangered and Threatened Species

Some facts about Loggerheads, Caretta caretta

• Females nest an average of every 2½ years
• Females lay an average of 3½ nest per year during nesting years
• Loggerheads have an alternate gait.
• Nesting time is between 1 and 2 hours and 90 to 130 ping-pong ball size eggs are laid.
• Emergence peaks at midnight and is apparently based on surface temperature.
• Emergence may occur 1 to 7 days after pipping. There may or may not be a depression over the nest.
• There may be additional emergence on subsequent nights.
• Generally as the nest temperature goes up so does the ratio of females to males.

Some more Turtle Web sites

Seaturtle.org

Euroturtle

Turtle Trax

Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research's Online Sea Turtle Bibliography

World Turtle Database

The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center

Aquarium at Fort Fisher, NC

Folly Turtles' Links

Field Trip Earth