Environment Ocean Watch Loggerheads navigate using GPS For a long time it has been a mystery how loggerhead turtles navigate thousands of kilometres, returning from feeding grounds to nest on the very beaches where they hatched Written by rovingreporters March 25, 2014August 25, 2018
Environment Ocean Watch Loggerheads battle against all odds Two tiny loggerhead hatchlings look set to become an educational centrepiece at uShaka Marine World after their rescue off Durban beaches recently. Sabelo Nsele and Nomfundo Xolo report First published in Daily News At first, Durban lifeguard Owen Hlongwa had no idea what the “limp lump of something” that had washed up on uShaka Beach was. Then he saw […] Written by rovingreporters March 25, 2014August 25, 2018
Environment Ocean Watch Loggerhead facts Loggerhead females nest up to three to four times a season, laying up to 120 eggs in each nest between October and February. In the process they lose up to 25 percent of their body weight. Loggerhead turtle eggs take 45-55 days to hatch. Out of every 1 000 loggerhead hatchlings that enter the sea, […] Written by rovingreporters March 24, 2014August 25, 2018