Leatherback Sea Turtles

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LeatherbackSea Turtles

• Parismina Beach, Costa Rica

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Parismina
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Facts

• Atlantic Leatherback Turtle
• Dermochelys coriacea coriacea(Linnaeus)

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The Sad Truth
Poachers and Pollution are taking their toll
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H e l p

• There are many ways to help save the turtles!

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The end
Nine planets round the sun, only one does the
sun embrace.  Upon this watered one, so much we
take for granted. - Dave Matthews, musician and
activist
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Bibliography

• Parismina, Costa Rica. Parismina Social Club.
  October 22, 2006 http//www.parismina.com
• Sea Turtles. SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal
  Information Database. October 22, 2006.
  http//www.seaworld.org/infobooks/SeaTurtle/strepr
  o.html
• Marine Turtles. Mayumba National Park. October
  22, 2006. http//www.mayumbanationalpark.com/turtl
  es.htm
• The Leatherback Turtle. Turtle Trax. October 22,
  2006. http//www.turtles.org/leatherd.htm