Happy World Loggerhead Sea Turtle Day! Here are three super cool facts about loggerhead sea turtles: 1. Loggerheads get their common name from their large log-like head. This giant head contains strong muscles that allow these turtles to feed on small and large hard-shelled animals like lighting whelks and conch shells. Their scientific name Caretta Caretta comes from the French word Caret, meaning turtle. 2. Loggerhead sea turtles are a keystone species, which means they support many other spec

The loggerhead sea turtle is a wide-ranging species, occurring throughout the temperate subtropical and tropical regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans | Get Wild