Leatherback Sea Turtle

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Size: to 70" and 1200 lbs.

Habitat: oceanic

Notes: The largest sea turtle in the world, and also the most likely to be seen in our cold waters, since Leatherbacks are at least partially warm-blooded! As implied by the name, they have a leathery flexible covering, rather than the bony hard shell of all other sea turtles - a unique feature that has caused them to be placed in a family of their own, apart from all other sea turtles. Leatherbacks feed on jellyfish.

Leatherback Sea Turtle
This one appears to have a propeller wound on its side.
It looks like it has been dead for a while.
Herb Segars Photography

Shipwreck USS G-2
Type:
shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:
1912, Bridgeport, CT USA
Specs:
( 161 x 13 ft ) 400 tons, no crew
Sunk:
Wednesday July 30, 1919
foundered after weapons tests - 3 casualties (inspection crew)
Depth:
81 ft

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