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Turtle Information

    The leather back sea turtle, is the world's largest living reptile. Also the rarest of all marine turtles. Leather back sea turtles are found off Canada's west and east coasts. With a shell almost as long as 2.5 meters (8 feet) and a weight of almost 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds). The leather back turtle is not much smaller than its prehistoric ancestors.
 

    The leather back turtle is the only living sea turtle without a hard shell. Instead, it's carapace (back plate) of thick oily cartilage is covered with rubbery bluish -blackish skin marked by seven ridges. The leatherback sea turtle is named because of it large shell, which, unlike the hard shells of other sea turtles, is composed of a very thick layer of an oily material .

A turtle on its way back to the ocean after laying eggs.

The picture above is of a turtle fossil