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Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are the world's largest turtles, routinely weighing in at over 800 lbs (365 kg). From the tropics to the subarctic, they’ve been observed around the globe. These oceangoing giants are among the most wide-ranging of all vertebrates.

Females only come ashore to lay eggs, seeking out remote sandy beaches to build their nests.

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Image Description A photo of a leatherback sea turtle on a beach. It is large, gray in color, and has massive front flippers. Though moms-to-be may lay clutches of more than 100 eggs at a time, few ever reach adulthood. Most eggs and hatchling turtles are consumed by predators (including humans!) Unfortunately, leatherback sea turtles have been on the Endangered Species List since 1970. Their population has been negatively affected by loss of nesting sites, plastic ingestion, egg poaching, commercial fisheries, and other human activities. Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr
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