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Bookmark or Share- Leatherback Sea Turtles - National Geographic KidsReptiles. Diet: Carnivore. Average Life Span In The Wild: 45 years. Size: Up to 7 feet. Weight: Up to 2,000 pounds. Unlike other species of sea turtles, which have hard shells, the...
- Leatherback Sea Turtle | National Wildlife FederationLeatherbacks are the largest of the seven living sea turtle species, growing to more than 6.5 feet (two meters) in length and weighing up to 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms). Range. Leatherbacks are found in tropical and temperate marine waters all over the world.
- Leatherback Sea Turtle | National GeographicLeatherbacks are the largest turtles on Earth, growing up to seven feet long and exceeding 2,000 pounds. These reptilian relics are the only remaining representatives of a family of turtles that...
- Leatherback sea turtle - WikipediaThe leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to 2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in) and weights of 500 kilograms (1,100 lb).
- What is the largest sea turtle? - NOAA's National Ocean ServiceThe leatherback is the largest living sea turtle. Leatherback turtle consuming a jellyfish off Cape Cod. (NMFS Permit #1557-03). Weighing in at between 550 and 2,000 pounds with lengths of up to six feet, the leatherback is a big turtle!
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