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Loggerhead sea turtles are about 3 feet long and weigh up to 350 pounds.  It has a large head with powerful jaws.  Its color is reddish-brown. 

Loggerheads feed mostly on shellfish including horseshoe crabs, mussels, and clams.  They may also eat jellyfish, fish and eelgrass.

A female loggerhead comes out of the water to nest on the beach at night.  She may build nests and lay eggs about 4 times in a season, laying as many as 100 eggs in each nest.  The baby turtles hatch about 2 months later in the night.  They crawl back to the water and live for the first year among floating sea plants.  Sea turtles are ready to mate between 10 and 20 years of age and live to be about 30. 

Loggerhead sea turtles live all over the world where there is warm ocean water.  They are generally found near the coast and must have sandy beaches for nesting.

The biggest danger to sea turtles is raccoons, which eat turtle eggs.    People also are a threat to sea turtles.  When the build homes and hotels on beaches they destroy nesting sites.  Artificial lighting confuses hatchlings on their way to the ocean.  People also bring exotic plants which make it difficult to dig.