What Is The Most Amazing Animal On Earth? The Magnificent Leatherback Sea Turtle

Although you may not even have known it exists the leatherback sea turtle probably is the most amazing animal on the planet. It is one of only six remaining species of marine turtle, and uncounted eons in the past its forebears walked the earth on four legs. About a hundred ten million years ago, its legs and feet evolved into massive flippers and it began to populate the Seven Seas, or, more accurately, the sea, because the Seven Seas did not exist that long ago.

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October 11 2009 | Destinations | 2 Comments »

Costa Rica’s Olive Ridley Sea Turtles

A very long time ago, the first olive ridley sea turtles began swimming on our planet. Today, these ancient turtles are endangered, a fact that is really almost unfathomable because, after all, they have been with us—before there was an us— more than one hundred million years.

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October 01 2009 | Vacations | 1 Comment »