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Green turtle. This species has a small and blunt head with a finely serrated beak, which helps them in tearing algae and sea grasses, their main food source.

Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR2008

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Mata de São João, Brazil

Green turtle (Chelonia mydas). As hatchlings, green turtles inhabit oceanic areas and have an omnivorous diet with a strong carnivorous tendency. When they shift to coastal neritic habitat, they become primarily herbivores, foraging on algae and seagrass.

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  • Title: Green turtle. This species has a small and blunt head with a finely serrated beak, which helps them in tearing algae and sea grasses, their main food source.
  • Creator: Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR
  • Date Created: 2008
  • Location: Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brasil
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