🐢 Leatherback sea turtle vs Loggerhead sea turtle 🐢
The leatherback sea turtle is about twice as long as the loggerhead sea turtle. The leatherback sea turtle weighs about 3 times as much as the loggerhead sea turtle.
| Row | 🐢 Leatherback sea turtle | 🐢 Loggerhead sea turtle |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The leatherback sea turtle weighs about 3 times as much as the loggerhead sea turtle. | 750 to 1,000 lb340 to 454 kg1 | 201 to 351 lb91 to 159 kg2 |
| Lives The loggerhead sea turtle usually lives about one and a half times as long as the leatherback sea turtle. | 50 years50 years1 | 70 years70 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | jellyfish | crabs, conchs, clams and jellyfish |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | oceans around the world, even cold northern seas | warm and mild seas around the world, nesting on beaches such as those in Florida |
Which one? Leatherback sea turtle or loggerhead sea turtle
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the leatherback sea turtle or the loggerhead sea turtle yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.
- NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.