Melanie Stadler of the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center holds a cooler filled with sea turtle hatchlings at the Silver Palms boat as they prepare to release baby sea turtle hatchlings into the ocean September 5, 2013 off the coast of Boca Raton, FL. More than 500 sea turtle hatchlings were gently released by hand onto sea beds off where the turtles have a better chance to survive.

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Melanie Stadler of the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center holds a cooler filled with sea turtle hatchlings at the Silver Palms boat as they prepare to release baby sea turtle hatchlings into the ocean September 5, 2013 off the coast of Boca Raton, FL. More than 500 sea turtle hatchlings were gently released by hand onto sea beds off where the turtles have a better chance to survive.

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Size: 3427px × 5150px
Location: Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Photo credit: © US Coast Guard Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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