The Atlantic loggerhead turtle, also known as the green loggerhead turtle, is called flat-headed brother because the Atlantic loggerhead turtle is not afraid of highly poisonous sea snakes and jellyfish, and even Treat them as a delicacy. However, as people hunt a large number of Atlantic loggerhead turtles, their numbers are also decreasing year by year. The following editor summarizes some basic information about the Atlantic loggerhead turtle, and give you a popular science.

1. Morphological characteristics

1. Body size

The Atlantic loggerhead turtle is relatively large, its body length can reach 1m, and its weight is generally 100kg. It can also reach 300-400kg.

2. Head

The head of the Atlantic loggerhead turtle is relatively broad, and the scales are distributed on the back of the head; the color of the head is red or reddish-brown; the eyes are large and black ; muzzle hooked.

3. Tortoise shell

The Atlantic loggerhead turtle has a hard tortoise shell, its carapace is heart-shaped, reddish-brown in color, and the curve length of the carapace is 745-1025mm. Large and small vertebral shield, rib shield, neck shield, border shield and lower border shield; its plastron is orange.

4. Limbs

The limbs of the Atlantic loggerhead turtle are paddle-shaped, with relatively long forelimbs, strong muscles in the limbs, and 1-2 claws on the fore and hind limbs, but the claws are not sharp.

II. Distribution range

It is understood that the distribution range of the Atlantic loggerhead is relatively wide, not only limited to the Atlantic Ocean, but also distributed in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean , such as my country's East China Sea and South China Sea waters.

3. Food

The Atlantic loggerhead mainly feeds on crustaceans such as fish, shrimp, and crabs, and also eats some mollusks, such as the aforementioned jellyfish, sea snakes. Relatively speaking, plants such as seagrass, they rarely eat. In addition, loggerhead turtles need to spend a lot of time each day eating to ensure their daily energy needs.

4. Regularity of activity

1. Breathing

Like most sea turtles, Atlantic loggerhead turtles, after diving for a period of time, All need to surface for ventilation. The difference is that the Atlantic loggerhead turtle takes a longer time to breathe, usually 2-3 minutes.

2. Migration

A large part of the life of the Atlantic loggerhead turtle is spent on the run, and what they do is migration. The main purpose of the migration is to lay eggs and reproduce. The time and distance of the migration are variable. The migration time ranges from nine or ten days to two or three months. The migration distance is two or three hundred kilometers, and there are also thousands of kilometers.

V. Status of species

Like other marine animals, loggerhead turtles are inevitably hunted by humans, and some people even go to loggerhead turtles to lay their eggs The digging of turtle eggs has led to a sharp decline in the population of the Atlantic loggerhead turtle. At present, the loggerhead turtle has been included in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and it is also a second-class protected animal in my country.

Okay, the above is all the introduction to the Atlantic loggerhead turtle. If you are interested, you can go to the nearby Oceanographic Museum to see its true appearance.