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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), nesting at sunrise on Grand Riviere, Trinidad, returns to the Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), nesting at sunrise on Grand Riviere, Trinidad, returns to the Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), nesting at sunrise on Grand Riviere, Trinidad, South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), nesting at sunrise on Grand Riviere, Trinidad, South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), nesting at sunrise on Grand Riviere, Trinidad, South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchlings (Dermochelys coriacea), emerge from their nest at sunrise and make their way into the Caribbean Sea in Trinidad, South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered.
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Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus), with a female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting at sunrise on Grand Riviere, Trinidad, South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus), feeding on Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchlings (Dermochelys coriacea), on Grande Riviere beach, Trinidad, South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus), feeding on Leatherback Sea Turtle hatchlings (Dermochelys coriacea), on Grande Riviere beach, Trinidad, South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), tracks cover the beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad, South America.
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Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), tracks cover the beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad, South America.
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), disoriented after nesting, entered a clearwater river on Grand Riviere, Trinidad. Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered.
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), disoriented after nesting, entered a clearwater river on Grand Riviere, Trinidad. Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), disoriented after nesting, entered a clearwater river on Grand Riviere, Trinidad. Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), disoriented after nesting, entered a clearwater river on Grand Riviere, Trinidad. Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), disoriented after nesting, entered a clearwater river on Grand Riviere, Trinidad. Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), disoriented after nesting, entered a clearwater river on Grand Riviere, Trinidad. Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), disoriented after nesting, entered a clearwater river on Grand Riviere, Trinidad. Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), disoriented after nesting, entered a clearwater river on Grand Riviere, Trinidad. Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered.
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), breathing on the surface of the Caribbean Sea offshore northern Trinidad prior to nesting. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), breathing on the surface of the Caribbean Sea offshore northern Trinidad prior to nesting. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), breathing on the surface of the Caribbean Sea offshore northern Trinidad prior to nesting. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), breathing on the surface of the Caribbean Sea offshore northern Trinidad prior to nesting. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Juvenile Gunn's Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys gunnii), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Juvenile Gunn's Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys gunnii), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Juvenile Gunn's Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys gunnii), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Juvenile Gunn's Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys gunnii), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Juvenile Gunn's Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys gunnii), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus) - juvenile. Juveniles are often found settled in sea sponges on jetty pylons. Found on coastal reefs throughtout southern Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Horseshoe Leatherjacket (Meuschenia hippocrepis). Found from Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria. Photo taken at Edithburgh, South Australia, Australia.
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Horseshoe Leatherjacket (Meuschenia hippocrepis). Found from Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria. Photo taken at Edithburgh, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Horseshoe Leatherjacket (Meuschenia hippocrepis). Found from Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria. Photo taken at Edithburgh, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus). Juveniles are often found settled in sea sponges on jetty pylons. Found on coastal reefs from Noosa Heads, Qld, to Dongara, WA. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mosaic Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys mosaicus). Juveniles are often found settled in sea sponges on jetty pylons. Found on coastal reefs from Noosa Heads, Qld, to Dongara, WA. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gunn's Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys gunnii), juvenile. Found on coastal reefs throughout SA, Vic and Tas, often seen under jetties. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Pygmy Leatherjacket (Branchaluteres jacksonianus). Found on sheltered to moderately exposed reefs from Lancelin, WA, to Moreton Bay, Qld, including Tas. Photo taken at York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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