Tunics For Turtles
The Loggerhead Marinelife Center promotes the conservation of Florida's coastal ecosystems with a special focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles. All proceeds from the Turtle Traffic Tunics sold at the Gretchen Scott Signature Jupiter store are donated to the center.
Turtle Trivia
Sea turtles lay between 80 and 120 eggs per nest and average 2 to 6 nests per season.
Eggs hatch about 2 months after they are laid.
The loggerhead has a lifespan of 47–67 years.
The average adult weight of a Loggerhead turtle is 250-300 pounds.
Loggerheads have one of the most powerful bites in the animal kingdom.
Loggerheads are an endangered species.
Some turtles can swim as fast as 20 miles an hour, 4 times faster than a human.
Female turtles use their flippers for digging nests on the beach.
Rear flippers are used for turning and stopping while swimming.
Turtles have been in existence for 220 million years and adapted to nearly all of earth's habitats.
Sea turtles don't have teeth, they have jaws and beaks.
Some sea turtles are carnivores, some herbivores, and some omnivores.