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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

Photo by SargonR
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Description:

Green Sea Turtle spotted basking on a beach near the city of Haleiwa, O'ahu, Hawaii. This is one of six Green Sea Turtles that we saw resting in the sand on this day.

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Green sea turtle - Wikipedia

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Comments (2)
SargonR
Neil Ross, not sure why but on this one particular beach it is common to see them out of the water--but no so much else where on the island.
Neil Ross
Amazing spotting, SargonR. How fortunate to see them out of the water. Is it common for them to be sunning themselves on the beach like this?

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