Leatherback Turtles — Swimming Machine — National Geographic Magazine

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Swimming Machine

The biggest, deepest diving, widest ranging of all turtles, the leatherback has endured for 100 million years.

/2009/05/leatherback-turtles/img/swimming-machine-350.jpg View <![CDATA[Credits]]> <![CDATA[FLEXIBILITY]]> Flexibility <![CDATA[STREAMLINING]]> Streamlining <![CDATA[SENSING THE SEASONS]]> Sensing the Seasons <![CDATA[PREY]]> Prey <![CDATA[SALT REMOVAL]]> Salt Removal <![CDATA[FEEDING]]> Feeding <![CDATA[DIVING]]> Diving <![CDATA[KEEPING WARM]]> Keeping Warm