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While the female olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) lays its approximately 100 eggs into the nest hole it can not move. So there is nothing the mother turtle can do against the black vultures (Coragyps atratus) that lurk to steal some of the eggs while they are being dropped.

RMID:2C66198

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2C66198

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49.4 MB (1.7 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5100 x 3387 px | 43.2 x 28.7 cm | 17 x 11.3 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

24 November 2009

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RF2G4FNWP–Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtle leaving the Pacific Ocean at Playa Ostional Costa Rica to lay eggs.

RMBTNFJ8–Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) comes ashore to nest during arribada. Playa Ostional, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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RFB31RYA–The Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea).

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