8 year old boy and a newly hatched leatherback turtle.
8 year old boy and a newly hatched leatherback leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle or leathery turtle, is the largest of all living turtles and is the fourth-heaviest modern reptile behind three is the only living species in the genus Dermochelys and family Dermochelyidae. It can easily be differentiated from other modern sea turtles by its lack of a bony shell. Instead, its carapace is covered by skin and oily ,
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Location: Matura Beach the northern east coast of Trinidad
Photo credit: © John de la Bastide / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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