Taxidermy mount of a Leatherback turtle

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Taxidermy mount of a Leatherback turtle
Taxidermy mount of a Leatherback turtle
Taxidermy mount of a Leatherback turtle
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By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
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211948
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NMW.Z.1988.123.
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Taxidermy mount of a Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) from Harlech in 1988.
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It weighed 914 kg and measured 2.8 metres across the flippers when found. Sadly it drowned after getting tangled in a fishing rope.
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Harlech, Meirionnydd
 
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