Field study exposes how sea turtle hatchlings use their flippers to move quickly on sand

Monday, March 15, 2010 - 23:14 in Biology & Nature

Life can be scary for endangered loggerhead sea turtles immediately after they hatch. After climbing out of their underground nest, the baby turtles must quickly traverse a variety of terrains for several hundred feet to reach the ocean...

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