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Loggerhead Turtle
Digging Nesting Hole
Excavating the nest hole. It's amazing that an animal as large as the sea turtle, seemingly
as clumsy on land, is able to build a nest hole that is almost perfectly
round.
The completed nest hole averages about 18 inches deep, roughly 10 inches
in diameter and is bottle shaped.
The female is able to dig deeply by raising her head and pushing up
with the fore flippers. This semi-diagonal position permits the hind
flippers to dig deeper.
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