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Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

Photo by Rafael5
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 3 ft long, brown shell.

Habitat:

Mexico's coast at the pacific ocean.

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Comments (4)
Rafael5
At the beginning there were very few people on the beach, but after a while there were about 20 people around.
Maria dB
Was it laying eggs in a place with few people around?
LuisStevens
Te felicito Rafael poor este avistamiento. Gracias por compartir.

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PublishedDecember 29, 2014

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