| Female leatherback turtle laying eggs into egg chamber
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Female leatherback turtle laying eggs into egg chamber
© Olivier Grunewald / www.osfimages.com |
Close up of a leatherback turtle laying eggs in the sand
© Carlton Ward Jr |
| Cross-section of nest with leatherback turtles hatching out of shells
© Olivier Grunewald / www.osfimages.com |
Cross-section of nest with leatherback turtles making way up to surface
© Olivier Grunewald / www.osfimages.com |
Leatherback turtle hatching
© Roger Le Guen / Biosphoto |
| Mass of leatherback turtle hatchlings emerging from nest
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Leatherback turtle hatchling
© Olivier Grunewald / www.osfimages.com |
Leatherback turtle hatchling
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| Close up of the head of a leatherback turtle
© Carlton Ward Jr |
Leatherback turtle excreting excess salt from glands in eye
© Olivier Grunewald / www.osfimages.com |
Female leatherback turtle preparing nest
© Olivier Grunewald / www.osfimages.com |
| Several leatherback turtles on nesting beach
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Female leatherback turtle at nesting site on beach
© Olivier Grunewald / www.osfimages.com |
Female leatherback turtle at nest site
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| Leatherback turtle on nesting beach
© Russell A. Mittermeier / Conservation International |
Leatherback turtle returning to sea
© Pete Oxford / naturepl.com |
Leatherback turtle returning to sea after laying eggs on beach
© Carlton Ward Jr |
| Leatherback turtle tracks on beach
© Olivier Grunewald / www.osfimages.com |
Leatherback turtle caught in fishing net
© Michel Gunther / Biosphoto |