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The leather back sea turtle |
Leatherbacks have delicate, scissor-like jaws. Their jaws would be damaged by anything other than a diet of soft-bodied animals, so they feed almost exclusively on jellyfish. Jellyfish are composed mostly of water and are a very good source of water. They breed on beaches close to the water.Unlike other species of sea turtles, leatherback females may change nesting beaches, though they tend to stay in the same region.
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