Leather-back Sea Turtle Watching in Trinidad One of the worlds most important leatherback nesting sights. Leather-back sea turtle watching in Trinidad gives you the chance to travel back, to a time before dinosaurs and witness a struggle for survival thats been going on for over 220 million years. Youre here to watch these leviathans of the deep, these gentle sea monsters, heave their way onto the steep, secluded, heavy surfed, loose sanded beaches of Trinidad and Tobagos Atlantic coasts, to witness an event thats almost as old as time itself. Leather-back sea turtles are more evolutionary advanced than all other sea turtles alive today. They have no vestigial claws on their flippers, and their shells are covered in a thick layer of fat and skin, which help insulate them in Arctic waters. Along their backs run vertically aliened ridges that help streamline these reptilian super-tankers, who dive deeper than most whales, to depths of over 2,000 feet.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:00:46 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015