A satellite-tagged leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) departs its nesting beach (Playa Grande, Costa Rica) at dawn (see Shillinger et al., e171).
Image Credit: George Shillinger, Tagging of Pacific Pelagics, Stanford University
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