Watch a leatherback sea turtle return to the ocean after nesting on a Costa Rica beach

Mongabay
Mar 29, 2017, 2:05 pm206 pts
While leatherback sea turtles typically do their nesting at night, a prospective mother turtle is sometimes up so late laying her eggs that she is still on the beach at sunrise. It’s a rare sight, but those who are lucky enough to witness it get to watch the endangered turtle slowly make her way back to the…

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