The Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) spends most of its life at sea, coming ashore only to lay eggs. It is the largest of the hard-shelled turtles, and there are large concentrations in the Gulf of Mexico. As adults, they're quite large, weighing up to 350 lbs. As hatchlings, they're some of the most vulnerable young around; as they crawl from their nests to the ocean, they're dinner for all manner of creatures, from birds to wild boar to crabs. Only an estimated 1% of loggerhead hatchlings reach adulthood.
Loggerheads are so named because of their large heads and strong jaws.
This loggerhead (based on a this photo by Brian Gratwicke) is the first doodle on birdlydrawn in the category not a bird.
