jellyfish-like creatures
Posted by efrost | Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 5:38pm

Researchers at the University of Swansea in Britain recently published a study in the British Journal of Experimental Biology with an explanation of the mysterious deep diving behavior of leatherback sea turtles. Sea turtles spend most of their time in shallow surface waters, where they eat and breed, but occasionally they will make a break toward the bottom of the ocean and dive to more than ¾ of a mile below the surface of the water.
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Categories: Marine Life | Keywords: deep diving, jellyfish-like creatures, leatherback sea turtles, lying in wait, prey, reconnaissance mission
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