Sunday, March 7, 2010

Jag vs Leatherback!

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A highly unusual site of a predated leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) turtle a few miles from base yesterday prompted staff and volunteers to investigate. These huge marine turtles have few predators once they reach maturity. Other than humans, there is only one animal in the National Park to take down the reptile that can grow to around 2m (7ft) and weight more than 900kg (2,000lbs).


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Walking down the beach to get their first sightings of the awesome leatherback (unfortunately, not alive, but extremely freshly predated) staff and volunteers caught sight of a very large cat too boot!

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1 comments:

Dom G said...

Is there any evidence that the jaguars consume the turtle eggs after disposing of the turtle? Looks like the cat is mining into the sand beneath.