Photo by @daviddoubilet A group of mating loggerhead sea turtles rest on the sand bottom near Key Largo, Florida in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. As I took this photo a fourth and fifth male arrived. After a few minutes the mating group rose to the surface as one to breath and returned to the sand. Loggerhead turtle courtship and mating season can last 4-6 weeks and the female can store sperm from many males resulting in multiple paternity. The female will return to her nesting beach and lay a clutch of 100 +- eggs over a few days of which only a very few will survive. #Loggerhead #seaturtles are an endangered species struggling to remain in our oceans. See more turtle behavior and conservation in the Ocean Retrospective Exhibition in #Acoruna #Spain at #KioscoAlfonso through Nov 29 with @natgeo @natgeocreative #FloridaKeysNationalMarineSanctuary #reproduction #beauty #ocean #behavior #nationalmarinepark #turtle #respectnature #moreocean at @daviddoubilet by natgeo http://ift.tt/1YmaHtZ – Gatlinburg Garden Castle Rainbow Tower Library Imagination Station Temple Water Spirit Guardian Labyrinth Treasury Magic Healing