Loggerhead Turtle

The Loggerhead sea turtle is an oceanic turtle that can be found throughout the world's oceans except in the coldest waters. The most distinguishing mark of the Loggerhead turtle is its exceptionally large head with powerful jaws.
An interesting fact is that a female loggerhead can travel an impressive number of miles to get to the beach where she hatched as a baby in order to lay her eggs in that same place.
Loggerhead sea turtles are classified as endangered by the IUCN. Many human activities have a negative impact on loggerhead population. One of the causes is that they are being hunted for their meat and eggs, but there are also indirect causes like the plastic waste that is dumped into the ocean and they mistake it for jellyfish or even the artificial lighting that interferes with the hatchling's ability to navigate to the water. Fortunately more and more people are making big efforts in order to protect this species.