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A female Leatherback Sea Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, keeps her front flipper out of the water while resting on the surface of the Caribbean Sea offshore Trinidad prior to nesting in the evening.

A female Leatherback Sea Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, keeps her front flipper out of the water while resting on the surface of the Caribbean Sea offshore Trinidad prior to nesting in the evening.

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A female Leatherback Sea Turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, keeps her front flipper out of the water while resting on the surface of the Caribbean Sea offshore Trinidad prior to nesting in the evening.