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Chelonia mydas
Photo take at .40 ft near a Caribbean reef. this beauty was feeding it self whit turtle grass algae, is one of the local turtles that live in this reef. The green sea turtle, possessing a dorsoventrally flattened body covered by a large, teardrop-shaped carapace and a pair of large, paddle-like flippers. Its range extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world ,top shell carapace is smooth with shades of black, gray, green, brown, and yellow; their bottom shell plastron is yellowish white.
Adult green turtles are unique among sea turtles in that they eat only plants; they are herbivorous, feeding primarily on seagrasses and algae. This diet is thought to give them greenish-colored fat, from which they take their name.Adult females migrate from foraging areas to mainland or island nesting beaches and may travel hundreds or thousands of kilometers each way. After emerging from the nest, hatchlings swim to offshore areas, where they are believed to live for several years, feeding close to the surface on a variety of pelagic plants and animals. Once the juveniles reach a certain age/size range, they leave the pelagic habitat and travel to nearshore foraging grounds. Once they move to these nearshore benthic habitats, adult green turtles are almost exclusively herbivores, feeding on sea grasses and algae.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has repeatedly listed green sea turtles in its Red List as an endangered species.
23 Comments
Thanks Ashish to me they are almost all, they mean to me all I fight for, is the most peaceful creature that i know :)
Thanks Carol :)
HA! I love the third photo. All of them, but the 3rd one looks like he is flying. So adorable. Wonderful photos as usual. I missed this one from last year.
These Sea Turtles look after scavenger's role like Vultures and Crows, Hyenas on surface......
They are most beautiful creatures from sea.....
They are considered as ancestors of Humans. This is why they are God in Indian culture.
Wow..... Whenever a Sea Turtule seen.... it reminds me to go to Olive Ridley Sea Turtle conservation center.... My last week 3 day visit no Hatchlings were ready to ready to return den of parents....
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Thanks Carol!
Gorgeous photos!
Thanks Melissa and chebeague!!!
These are really awesome photographs, Gerardo!
Nice spotting!! you must like to scuba-dive!!
Thanks Sachin, Jeannette, Teresa, Donna, Kat for your very kind comments!
wow,
Lovely photos :)
Love #3....
Beautiful
Love it!
perfection!
Gracias Luis!
Extraordinaria serie Gerardo.
Thanks Karen!
Lovely!
Thanks Nitch!
Thanks Noah! i fill bless whit my job.
great spotting... :)
Wow! You make us dream! You get really lucky to have a so beautiful spotting.