Loggerhead Sea Turtle Facts, Pictures & Information For Kids & Adults

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Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are primarily carnivores and will eat whelks, clams, horseshoe crabs, and other hard-shelled animals in the wild. To help them eat such crunchy meals, loggerheads have extremely powerful jaw muscles and a bite force that has been compared to that of the American alligator. They can bite through a whelk shell as if it were a potato chip. Loggerhead patients at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center are fed a softer diet while their digestive systems recover from il

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