Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Description:

Photo take at -45 ft on a coral reef ,I was ascending to the surface when i spot this very old beauty swimming at the bottom near the reef i can get down again so this are my beast shots , Wow is the most rare sea turtle to see , Is an endanger species, is possible to see the barnacles shells growing on top of the turtle shell, maybe one of the oldest i have seen , It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae, The adult loggerhead sea turtle weighs approximately 135 kg with the largest specimens weighing in at more than 454 kg. The skin ranges from yellow to brown in color, and the shell is typically reddish-brown. There are no external differences in gender until the turtle becomes an adult, the most obvious difference being that adult males have thicker tails and shorter plastrons than the females. Wikipedia.

Habitat:

The loggerhead sea turtle is found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans as well as the Mediterranean Sea. It spends most of its life in saltwater and estuarine habitats, with females briefly coming ashore to lay eggs.

Notes:

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has repeatedly listed Loggerhead sea turtles in its Red List as an endangered species.