Book Fauna Palaestina 4 Year 2014 By Prof Dr Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf von Jaffa ISBN 978-9950-383-77-7

Predators
Loggerheads have numerous predators, especially early in their
lives. Egg and nestling predators include oligochaete
worms, beetles, fly larvae, ants, parasitoid wasp larvae, flesh flies,
crabs, snakes, gulls, corvids, opossums, bears, rats, armadillos,
mustelids, skunks, canids, procyonids, cats, pigs, and humans.
During their migration from their nests to the sea, hatchlings are
preyed on by dipteran larvae, crabs, toads, lizards, snakes,
seabirds such as frigatebirds, and other assorted birds and
mammals. In the ocean, predators of the loggerhead juveniles
include fish, such as parrotfish and moray eels, and portunid
crabs. Adults are more rarely attacked due to their large size, but
may be preyed on by large sharks, seals, and killer whales.
Nesting females are attacked by flesh flies, feral dogs, and
humans. Salt marsh mosquitos can also pester nesting females
(Wikipedia).
The Loggerhead Sea Turtle on the coast of Gaza, State of Palestine.
28.08.2013. Photo by Ihab Fasfous (Dunya Al Watan, 2013).
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