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Green sea turtle

Chelonia mydas

Photo by LuisStevens
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Description:

One of the most wonderful sights, the Green Sea Turtle in its habitat. This endangered specie was on the Caribbean Sea in Akumal, Mexico. I watched it while I was snorkelling. I saw several of these turtles grassing on the shallow bottom of the sea near the beach. Akumal means "place of the turtles" in the Mayan language.
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Habitat:

Carebbean sea.

Notes:

This is my 2,900 spotting.

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Comments (12)

Wow! really nice underwater pictures!
Superb spotting Luis! You always find interesting underwater life :)
Congratulations on 2900!!! Wonderful creature!
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PublishedOctober 8, 2013

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