Welcome back to A Sea Turtle Picture A Day. Today we are heading back to Tortolla British Virgin Islands. This picture is of a Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchling that is just crawling out of the nest and seeing daylight for the first time. This is the first time that I ever witnessed a hatchling ever emerging from the nest.If you notice in the picture this hatchling still has its egg beak. That is an added growth on the tip of its nose to help it break thru its shell. The beak then later falls off.
This picture was taken with a 60mm macro lens
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