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The life cycle of a leatherback turtle begins when females return to nesting beaches to lay their eggs, digging deep nests in the sand. Each clutch contains around 80 to100 eggs, which incubate ...

Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on Earth ... It is estimated that only about one in a thousand leatherback hatchlings survive to adulthood. Eggs are often taken by humans from nests to ...

Sprawled on its back amid a curious crowd was an immense black sea turtle tipping the ... when nests are dug up and the eggs sold as food or aphrodisiacs. The leatherback lineage goes back a ...

WWF is working with a local community in Costa Rica to stop egg poaching of leatherback turtle nests. Costa Rica. April 2005.- WWF Central America works hard to save the endangered Pacific leatherback ...

DESCRIPTION: The leatherback sea turtle is distinguished by its soft ... females crawl onto sandy, tropical beaches to lay their eggs. Female leatherbacks nest several times during a season, laying ...

However, because of their high metabolic rate, leatherback sea turtles ... Like other amniotes, turtles breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in or around water.

kneeling in the sand beside a leatherback sea turtle. Like a giant mango with wings, the huge black turtle had hauled herself up the beach in great stentorian gasps of air and was laying her eggs ...

After laying eggs on a deserted Thai beach ... Illegally possessing or selling leatherback turtle eggs is now punishable by three to 15 years in prison, and carries fines of up to $50,000.

All five species of sea turtles found in the Philippine archipelago – Green, Hawksbill, Loggerhead, Leatherback ... hopes of a comeback Sea turtles lay 100 eggs to a nest on average, while ...