Caretta caretta sea turtles, also known as loggerhead sea turtles, are an endangered species of oceanic turtle that lives throughout the world. The southern beaches of Turkey are a known nesting area for the species which lays its eggs on beaches on the west Mediterranean coast of the country., Ecological Research Association President and Hacettepe University biology instructor Ali Fuat Canbolat says the turtles lay eggs every three to four years.
A nesting caretta caretta tagged TR-A 0060 twenty-one years ago has returned to Antalya’s Belek beach once more. Caretta caretta lay eggs on the beach they were born in, using magnetic fields to determine their destinations. They are carnivorous and swim about 200 metres deep in the sea.National GeographicNational Geographicthat “These turtles feed on invertebrates, whose shells pass through their digestive systems and, upon excretion, fall back to the bottom of the ocean for other animals to eat as a calcium source.
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