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Leatherback turtles. By: Gabrielle & tiansheng. All about leatherback turtles.
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Leatherback turtles By: Gabrielle & tiansheng
All about leatherback turtles • Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on earth , growing up to seven feet ( two meters ) long and exceeding 2,000 pounds(900 kilograms). These reptilian relics are the only remaining representatives of a family of turtles that traces its evolutionary roots back than 100 million years. Once prevalent in in all ocean except the artic and Antarctic, the leatherback • Population is rapidly declining in lots of parts of world.