The Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) The loggerhead turtle is slightly smaller than the green. A loggerhead may weigh 300 and 400 pounds. It eats crabs, mollusks and other sea animals. The loggerhead hunts near coral reefs and rocks. You can recognize it by its large, wide head and broad, short neck. The loggerhead, like other sea turtles, cannot pull its head into its shell like land turtles. Its shell is like a suit of armor, but its head and flippers are unprotected. Certain sharks and killer whales may attack these parts, but the loggerhead is big and fast and has few natural enemies. Color its carapace and skin reddish-brown and the plastron yellow. The loggerhead is a rare visitor to Hawaiian waters but is common in southern Japan and Australia.

No ka Loggerhead He li'ili'i iki ke kino o ka honu loggerhead mai ka honu 'oma'oma'o. Ma waena o 'ekolu haneli a me 'eha haneli ko ka loggerhead kaumaha. 'Ai 'o ia i na papa'i a me kekahi mau i'a 'e a'e. Hahai ka honu loggerhead ma kahi kokoke i na kohola a me na pohaku. Hiki ia 'oe ke ho'oku'ike 'ia 'o ia e kona po'o nunui a me kona 'a'i pokole. 'O ka honu loggerhead, e like ma na honu kai 'e a'e, 'a'ole hiki ia ia ke komo i kona po'o ma loko o kona una e like me na honu noho ma ka 'aina. Kohulike kona una i ka pale kila, aka 'a'ole palekana kona po'o a me kona mau hui. 'Aki'aki kekahi mau mano a me kekahi mau 'enemi 'e a'e i keia mau 'apana, aka 'awiwi 'e a'e i keia mau 'apana, aka 'awiwi a nunui 'o ia, a 'a'ole nui kona mau 'enemi. Kapala i kona una a me kona una a me kona 'ili me ka waiho'olu'u pala'a a he melemele ka waiho'olu'u o kona una lalo. He mea ho'okipa kaka'ikahi 'o ia i ke kai ma Hawai'i nei, aka he kama'aina 'o ia i ke kai o Iapana a me 'Aukekulelia.

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