Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is recognized as the largest sea turtle in the world and the fourth largest reptile after 3 giant crocodiles.
It is easy to identify a leatherback turtle compared to other turtles because it does not have solid shells that protect the body but instead it is covered with slippery skin.
Under the moonlight of the Caribbean Sea a female turtle is trying to use its heavy-duty flippers forward on Grande Riviere beach in Trinidad.
The annual leatherback turtles all return to the beach near where they hatch to nest, while the male Leatherback never leave the ocean.
Each lump-laying, turtle licks for about 100 eggs.
Eggs will hatch after about 60-70 days after they are incubated in sand.
Like other reptiles, the nest's temperature determines the sex of the baby turtles.
The first baby turtle turtles came out of the nest on Grande Riviere beach
in Trinidad
About 85% of the eggs will hatch, but the journey to find the sea is also dangerous.
A lone baby turtle turtle heads towards the sea at sunset on Grande Riviere beach.
Sometimes this short journey is interrupted by gluttonous vultures.
A single lone turtle turtle enjoys the first taste of salt water.
Their favorite food is sea jellyfish.
A leatherback turtle is caught in a fishing net off the coast of Trinidad when he is trying to land to lay eggs.Every year thousands of Leatherback turtles die when they accidentally catch fishermen's fishing nets.
