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Unlike the other six species of marine turtle, the Australian flatback (Natator depressus) has a very limited distribution, found only from northern Australia to Papua New Guinea/Indonesia and it only breeds in Australia. Flatback turtles tend to spend mos
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Flatback Sea Turtle

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The head of a turtle-headed sea snake.
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A Turtle or a Sea Snake?

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A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest
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Kemp's Ridley Hatchling

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a diagram of heat flow in a turtle's flipper
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Counter-current Heat Exchange

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A sea turtle swims with its arms wide.
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Turtle in Flight

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Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are the largest sea turtles, growing as long as six and a half feet (2 m) and weighing some 2,000 pounds (900 kg). They’re unlike the other marine turtles in two important ways: they have a thick leathery carapa
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Leatherback Turtle

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Kemp’s ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) are the smallest sea turtles, weighing only 100 lbs (45 kg). Adults spend most of their time in shallow coastal areas in places with mud, sand, or gravel bottoms—often in seagrass beds. They eat swimming crab
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Kemp's Ridley Turtle

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a group of ichthyosaurs swims at the ocean's surface
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Mystery of An Ichthyosaur Graveyard Revealed

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