The Animal Sensemaker

Leatherback turtle: a midnight hunt for eggs

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Each night during nesting season, Adara González walks up and down El Agua beach on Margarita Island. She's on the lookout for the wise old women of the ocean – the leatherback sea turtles who've come to lay their eggs.

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