Australian flatback sea turtle hatchling ( Natator depressus ) crawls down nesting beach to ocean, Australia

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Australian flatback sea turtle ( Natator depressus ) female digging body pit of nest, Crab Island, off Cape York Peninsula, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia

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Size: 5399px × 3601px
Location: Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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