Caretta Caretta Loggerheads Turtles

In the sea surrounding Dalyan iztuzu, beach most visits by Loggerheads (Caretta caretta) turtles. The Loggerheads Caretta Caretta turtles may weigh between 300 and 400 pounds. It eats crabs and other sea animals for food. You can recognize it by its large, thick head and broad short neck. They all return to the same beach where they themselves hatched in order to lay their eggs when they reach maturity. This ability to swim sometimes thousands of km to reach their beach of origin. this is still a mystery.

You cannot see any building on the beach (Dalyan iztuzu beach). Because beach protect to the sacred turtle’s eggs. During the summer months, these ancient beasts slowly drag themselves up the beach at night to lay and bury their eggs in the sand. When the tiny young hatch, they fallow the light of the moon on the water to find their way to the sea - an extraordinary sight and perhaps the most hazardous journey of their lives. Any light coming from any other source "for example, a hotel" would distract them, sending them in the wrong direction and to their deaths. Sea turtles have been around for 150million years. They spent their whole lives in the water except for the brief times the females come onto land to nest and lay their eggs.