traditional subsistence hunters tie line around a harpooned leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, bleeding after being clubbed, Kei, Indonesia

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traditional subsistence hunters tie another line around a harpooned leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, that is bleeding after being clubbed over the head ; Kei ( or Kai ) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea, Southwest Pacific Ocean

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Size: 7224px × 4816px
Location: Banda Sea, Indonesia
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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