Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)

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Female loggerhead turtle laying eggs

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Loggerhead turtle hatchlings dig themselves out of their nest

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Protected loggerhead turtle nests. Hatchlings crawl towards the ocean

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Loggerhead turtle hatchlings digging themselves out of the sand

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Loggerhead turtle hatchlings crawling into sea

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Loggerhead turtle hatchling crawling towards buildings instead of the ocean

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Loggerhead turtle hatchling swimming

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Loggerhead turtle hatchling feeding on a medusae

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Loggerhead turtle hatchling feeding on small jellyfish

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Loggerhead turtle hatchling trying to eat a floating strip of plastic

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Loggerhead turtle fends off juvenile tiger shark in the shallows

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Loggerhead turtle swimming

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Loggerhead turtle catches and eats a crab

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Loggerhead turtle chases a lobster

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Loggerhead turtle feeds on a mollusc

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Female loggerhead turtle digging a nest

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Female loggerhead turtle at nesting site. Ghost crabs wait to prey on hatchlings

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Female loggerhead turtle buries eggs and returns to the ocean

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Female loggerhead turtle returning to the ocean

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Loggerhead turtle swims under ledge to sleep

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Researchers collecting loggerhead turtle data

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Rehabilitated loggerhead turtle released into wild

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Dead loggerhead turtle on beach

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