Bubbles in the Bathtub

JaMoTo Departs (video)

This video starts just after JaMoTo has finished laying eggs and filled the egg chamber with sand. The video demonstrates how leatherback sea turtles use their rear flippers to obscure the location of the nest chamber and front flippers to toss around massive amounts of sand in an effort to disguise the nest site from potential predators. The second half of the video shows JaMoTo returning to the ocean. The two lights you can see in the distance toward the end of the video are gas flares from a couple of offshore oil platforms.

Bonus Photos

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Close up of satellite transmitter

JaMoTo poses