Kartik Shanker

Its a sail, its a wing, its an elephants ear ... getting even more specific, my favourite turtle part is the rear flipper of the leatherback, especially when it comes sweeping out of the nest, all regal and majestic, like the world was built only for her flippers to carve a nest into Of course, it can get rather tedious when you've been watching it for a couple of hours or more, waiting for madam to nest so that you can collect your tissue or blood or whatever. And of course, its downright traumatic, when after the vigil in the rain, she just daintily (can leatherbacks be dainty ?) tucks her flippers in and marches away.