The flatback turtle (Natator depressus)

Flatback turtle, Natator depressus, laying eggs, northern Australia. Image copyright Colin Munro Photography
A large, female flatback turtle hauls herself up across a remote beach in the Kimberley Region of Northern Australia.
A female flatback turtle, Natator depressus, comes ashore to lay eggs along a remote section of Northern Australia's Kimberley coast. Photography copyright Colin Munro. Colin Munro Photography
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A female flatback turtle rests momentarily as she hauls herself ashore to lay eggs. The flashing tissue covering her shell, with the distinctive yellow margin, can be clearly seen.
A short clip of a female flatback turtle hauling herself up a beach to lay her eggs
A Flat back turtle,Natator depressus, laying eggs.  Northern Australia, turtle laying eggs. Copyright Colin Munro Photography
At the top of the beach, the flatback turtle digs a shallow pit, spins around and then deposits her eggs. We will then push sand and dead grass back on top of the eggs to conceal them before making her way back down the beach.

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