Flatback Sea Turtle with Deformed Mouth

flatback sea turtle, Natator depressus, endemic to Australia and southern New Guinea, with congenital deformities of beak and nostrils, Australia; such birth defects are common in hatchlings, but they rarely survive to adulthood, as this one has

Credit to: Blue Planet Archive / Doug Perrine

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