Scientific name: Eretmochelys imbricata
Size: Betwwen 23.6 and 39.4 inches
Color: Orange-brown carapace, yellow skin with black spots
Distinguishing feature: The bill is long, narrow and crooked; between the two eyes are four scales forming a cross. The outer edge of the carapace is sawtooth.
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, French polynesia, Mexico, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat
Scientific name: Eretmochelys imbricata
Size: Betwwen 23.6 and 39.4 inches
Color: Orange-brown carapace, yellow skin with black spots
Distinguishing feature: The bill is long, narrow and crooked; between the two eyes are four scales forming a cross. The outer edge of the carapace is sawtooth.
Where did we see it: Bali and Gili, Zanzibar, French polynesia, Mexico, Mayotte, Maldives, Raja Ampat
Sea turtles are very graceful animals underwater while they are not really outside. We see it especially when it comes to laying eggs.
The hawksbill turtle is the only species of reptile feeding on sponges.
We do not know today the life span of this species.
Some sharks can stay motionless on the sand (white tips reef sharks, nurse sharks, etc.).
These sharks don't have to swim to bring oxygen to their gills like other sharks (grey, hammerheads tc.)
The tiger shark has slender marks similars to the lines of tigers, hence its name.
When it is juvenile, these marks are round and not vertical. They change when it grows.
Parrotfish create a protective envelope around them when they are sleeping.
So, don't put the light on them during night dive to don't to wake them up and break this envelope.
