Today for Sea Turtle Week is Loggerhead Day! 🪵🐢 Loggerhead sea turtles are the third largest species and have big powerful jaws and large heads made so they can crush their favorite crustecean foods. The Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge on the east coast of Florida is the most important nesting beach for loggerheads in the western hemisphere 🌎 This clip is from a research trip last year, where we collected measurements and samples from this adult male. Notice his tail as he swims away, that’s the

A male loggerhead musk turtle from a small rocky stream. In prime habitat, loggerhead musk turtles can get in very high densities, and sometimes squabbling and fighting can occur. Typical confrontations involve biting the marginals (edge of the shell) until one individual retreats. #turtles #wildlife #sternotherus #animals #nature | Greg’s Turtle Haven