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green sea turtle

Chelonia mydas

Photo by JasmineJ
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

This green sea turtle is eating in James Bay, Santiago Islands, Galápagos (see video). It is completely unperturbed by the presence of several snorkellers.

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The MnMs
Very nice spotting! I enjoyed the video too :-)

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Reptiles of the World
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Galapagos Biodiversity
Biodiversity of Ecuador (BioBanco)

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PublishedAugust 10, 2013

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