<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub- 1763189992875486" Take students to the beach and learn first hand about loggerhead turtles teach the tracks to identify Can you touch loggerhead sea turtles? Sea turtles are protected and must be respected: Stay back and give sea turtles space if you see one on the beach at night. Don't touch a nesting turtle because it may leave the beach without nesting if disturbed . Remember, it is illegal to harm or disturb nesting sea turtles, their nests, eggs or hatchlings Why They Matter. The way loggerhead turtles feed on their hard-shelled prey recycles important nutrients and keeps ocean floor sediments in balance . Loggerhead turtles carry colonies of small plants and animals on their shells which serve as important habitat themselves Increasing pollution of nearshore and offshore marine habitats threatens all sea turtles. Loggerhead turtles may die after ingesting fi
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