the loggerhead sea
turtle or caretta caretta lives in
the Mediterranean Sea and nests in Greece.
It is about one metre long and weighs about a
hundred kilos. Its shell is red-brown, it has got
lungs and breathes air and moves with its front and
rear flippers. It lays its eggs on land, on beaches in
Zakynthos, Peloponnesus and Crete. Each sea turtle
lays about 115 eggs every two or three years, but
there are many dangers for the baby turtles. Only
one out of a thousand baby sea turtles survives
and there are only about 4,000 caretta
caretta sea turtles in Greece today........