This photo was taken on December 7, 2006 in Moalboal, Central Visayas, PH, using an Olympus C5060WZ.
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Papatia USA added this photo to their favorites. (65 months ago)
Papatia USA (65 months ago | reply)
I love this. Amazing
Oceanic Wilderness added this photo to her favorites. (65 months ago)
Oceanic Wilderness (65 months ago | reply)
Cute fella/gal! Looks a bit sleepy!
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Moonriver&Me (65 months ago | reply)
is that its real color?? nice shot
alfonsator (65 months ago | reply)
Yes, it's its real color: the shot was taken from a slightly lower position and the flash fired, so the light illuminated mainly the head and the neck.
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scuba_dooba (65 months ago | reply)
Great capture!
nunekhiia (64 months ago | reply)
beautiful turtle ;)!
Lotus ॐ Lynn added this photo to her favorites. (63 months ago)
house4sail [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
I saw this magnificent wildlife image in Born Free, Living Free , a group dedicated to the photography of wildlife in their natural habitat.
great shot..........
house4sail [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
I would like to invite you to add this great photo to the
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(Wildlife, Nature, Birds, Land & Sea - Educational)
They are looking for dive shots........this one is a good one.
Pat Ulrich (59 months ago | reply)
fantastic capture!
house4sail [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
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coyrooster (58 months ago | reply)
Obviously the sea turtle is the superstar here, but the 2 costars are fabulous too. Sea turtles weigh up to half a ton, often live 80 years, and have 2,170,000 citations on Google search. Sharksuckers, also known as suckerfish or remora, have 967,000 citations on Google and ride all sorts of creatures according to Columbia Encyclopedia:
"... any of the several species of warmwater fishes of the family Echeneidae, characterized by an oval sucking disk on the top of the head. With this apparatus (a modification of the dorsal fin) the remora, or suckerfish, attaches itself to sharks, swordfishes, drums, marlins, and sea turtles. In this way it travels without effort, feeding on scraps from the prey of these larger creatures and in some cases on their crustacean parasites. Remoras sometimes attach themselves to small boats, but they can also swim well on their own. The adhesive power of their sucking disks is so great that the natives of some tropical regions use remoras to catch sea turtles by attaching lines to their tails. Different species prefer different hosts. The whalesucker, Remilegia australis, is usually found attached to whales. The smallest remora, the 7 in. (18 cm) Remoropsis pallidus, prefers swordfishes and tuna. Largest and most common is the shark remora, or sharksucker, which reaches 3 ft (90 cm) in length and attaches itself to sharks; it is found along the Atlantic coast N of Long Island in the summer."
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Mickle Huang (58 months ago | reply)
Excellent !! So nice that you see this.
Jumbo22 added this photo to her favorites. (57 months ago)
Enric F. (56 months ago | reply)
Preciosa! Un nivel de detalle genial! Tienes una galería estupenda. Gracias por compartirla con el grupo.
Seen in Olympus Underwater.
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