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green sea turtle

Chelonia mydas

Description:

Up periscope! Small green sea turtle coming up for air

Habitat:

tropical coastal ecosystem

Notes:

spotted in shallow water at Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park; this specimen, and two others, were grazing on algae growing on an old lava flow; a fourth specimen was trapped in a pool by the falling tide

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Allen Hoof
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Allen Hoof

USA

Spotted on Dec 23, 2011
Submitted on Dec 25, 2011

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