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Hawksbill | Conservation | |||
| In the time from the female lay the eggs and until the turtles are big enough to avoid being swallowed and eaten by larger fish. Ghost crabs, raccoons, skunks, foxes and dogs. After hatching birds await to snap a quick dinner from the baby turtles. In the sea sharks and fish such as groupers, snappers, and jacks are waiting for the hatchlings. | |||
| The greatest predator of the leatherback, however, is people. In some countries, humans kill nesting female turtles and harvest leatherback eggs to eat. And because the turtles leave a trail to their nests when they make their way back to the water, the nests are easy for egg poachers to locate. |  | ||
| Not only killer whales and sharks are the reasons when you see a turtle who has lost a flipper or are injured. Entanglement in fishing gear can result in serious injuries to the turtles, including severe cuts and necrosis or in worst case death. Entanglement can also lead to death by drowning. Sometimes Leatherbacks has the size and power to swim to the surface of the water, when it's trapped in fishing lines and gear, where they are discovered and released. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. | |||
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