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Title: Trapped Turtle. Sri Lanka
Filename: SL19_am-10370.jpg
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An olive Ridley turtle (olive Ridley sea turtle: olive Ridley: Lepidochelys olivacea) entangled in discarded fishing gear. After taking this photo I was able to free this turtle. Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka.
- Bay of Bengal
- Cheloniidae
- conservation
- ghost fishing
- Indian Ocean
- Marine Life
- olive Ridley turtle: olive Ridley sea turtle: olive Ridley: Lepi
- plastic pollution
- Reptiles
- Reptilia
- Sea Turtles: Testudines
- Sri Lanka
- Trincomalee
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