The Loggerhead is a large sea turtle, found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. She is omnivorous, her diet consisting mostly of bottom-dwelling invertebrates. The only time she comes ashore is to breed, hauling herself up the beach and scraping a pit into which to deposit her eggs. She will lay over 100 eggs. These hatch about 80 days later, with the youngster digging their way out during the night. They must then make the perilous journey to the sea, following the glow of the moon upon the horizon.
Loggerheads are endangered due to habitat destruction/disturbance, getting captured in fishing nets and drowning, ingesting plastic debris, and also climate change - the gender of the offspring is determined by the temperature of the eggs, meaning that gender skews are likely.
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