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Photo of the Week: Hawksbill Turtle in Ubatuba, Brazil

  • Image/text by Elsie C. Orabona, whl.travel local connection in Ubatuba, Brazil
  • 10 January 2010

That’s a hawksbill turtle. With its namesake hawk-like bill, it is considered one of the most beautiful of the five marine turtle species encountered in Brazilian waters. It is a superb animal and can live more than 60 years. Unfortunately, already critically endangered, it will one day be extinct if people continue to kill them…

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