Never Say Goodbye: Loggerhead Sea Turtle

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)
90,000 remaining.

Image: Joel Sartore/National Geographic [larger view].

The photographer writes:

Biologists tally nests, not individuals. Some 47,000 to 90,000 nests were counted each year on the Atlantic Coast over the past decade.

Joel Sartore has shared some of his work on this blog before, so I am thrilled to tell you that National Geographic also appreciates his exemplary work. You can view more endangered animals of the United States that were photographed by the talented Joel Sartore here at National Geographic online. All images appear here by permission of National Geographic online.

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