Due to their size, fully grown Loggerhead sea turtles have very little predators; only the possible attack from large sharks, seals, and killer whales. Egg and nestling turtles are much more vulnerable, predators include insects, crabs, snakes, birds, opossums, rats, cats, pigs, and humans. When juveniles are migrating from their nests to the ocean, predators include crabs, snakes, toads, lizards and certain birds and mammals. Juveniles in the sea also have some predators, such as parrotfish and moray eels.
What do Loggerhead turtles eat?
The Loggerhead Sea Turtle is omnivorous, meaning it eats both animal and plant life. The loggerhead has the widest food range of any sea turtle. It mainly feeds on bottom dwelling invertebrates, such as gastropods, bivalves, and crustaceans. Other prey include sponges, corals, polychaete worms, sea anemones, cephalopods, barnacles, insects, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, starfish, fish, hatchling turtles, and algae.
How do they eat?
Loggerheads have large and powerful jaws that they can use to crush prey. They also have scale points on their front limbs that can be used to move food. Loggerheads also have a special adaption in their throats that filters out foreign bodies, including fish hooks.
Large sharks (such as the Great White)--> Sea Turtle (such as the Loggerhead)--> Jellyfish--> Small Fish --> Plankton