How to Use leatherback in a Sentence
leatherback
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Late at night, the team waits for leatherbacks to creep up the beaches.
—Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
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Really big, in the case of the leatherback, which can weigh nearly a ton.
—David Doubilet, National Geographic, 14 May 2016
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The big draw of Grande Riviere is the chance to see leatherback turtles waddling along the shoreline.
—Keishel Williams, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
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There are just seven species of sea turtles and Maisy is a hybrid of two of them, but the largest of them all is the leatherback.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2020
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Anguilla is a haven for three main species of turtles; the green, the leatherback and the hawksbill turtles.
—Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
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In Pensacola, the first leatherback turtles hatched in over two decades.
—Rebekah Castor, Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022
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The largest are leatherbacks, which can reach 1,000 pounds or more and live largely on jellyfish.
—David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2017
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The nesting season for leatherback sea turtles runs from March to July.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 June 2023
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There have been no recent sightings of leatherback sea turtles.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Nov. 2021
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Joining them are the world's largest sea turtle, the leatherback, and the gharial, a crocodile found in the rivers of Nepal and northern India.
—Zahid Mahmood, CNN, 12 Apr. 2018
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An adult Kemp's ridley may weigh less than most teenagers, while a leatherback can outweigh a bison.
—Craig Welch, National Geographic, 4 Apr. 2019
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Adult leatherback sea turtles weigh an average of 1,000 pounds.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2021
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Most showed no change, and leatherback turtles in the Pacific ocean are still declining.
—Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2017
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Loggerhead, leatherback and green sea turtles are losing their habitat all over the world and are choosing the state to lay their eggs, Sherwood said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 May 2021
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Other marine turtle species found here are the loggerhead, hawksbill, green and, the largest of all with a carapace that is often 10 feet long, the leatherback.
—John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Aug. 2019
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Vangunu is also home to monkey-faced bats, and welcomes leatherback turtles to its beaches, where the turtles lay their eggs.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 27 Sep. 2017
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The rare and majestic leatherback turtle is the largest species of turtle in the world and a frequent visitor to St. Martin Nature Reserve.
—Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
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Check out this video, which captured a leatherback turtle eating a jellyfish.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2021
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The fight is taking place over beaches used for thousands of years by female loggerhead, green and leatherback turtles.
—David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 8 May 2021
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Today, loggerheads and leatherbacks nest mainly along the country’s northeastern coast rather than the Cape South Coast.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2019
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Another wider trackway is more consistent with that of the leatherback turtle.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2019
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While the Kemp's ridley is the most common visitor, green, loggerhead, and leatherback sea turtles also nest along the Texas coast.
—Ariana Garcia, Chron, 3 May 2023
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From March through October, guests can help monitor turtles—green, hawksbill, and leatherback—nesting on the beach.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
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Hopping onto a whale watching trip also opens the chance for rare sightings of dolphins, orcas and leatherback turtles.
—Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 16 Aug. 2020
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Gigantic leatherback turtles, topping out at about 2,000 pounds, nest along the beaches, while hippopotamuses body surf in the waves.
—Alexandra Wexler, WSJ, 9 May 2018
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The leatherback turtle can weigh as much as 1,000 pounds and survives almost entirely on jellyfish.
—Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Jan. 2022
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The dead leatherback found most recently was discovered at Sesuit Harbor in Dennis on Monday.
—BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2019
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Trail’s study shows that hatchling leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) sometimes struggle to see the sea.
—Darren Incorvaia, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2022
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The leatherback turtle is a living, breathing, plodding, swimming miracle: A hatchling can fit in the palm of your hand; an adult can grow as large as a Volkswagen bug.
—Susan Maas / Special To The Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2017
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There are three species of sea turtles that nest on South Florida beaches: green turtles, leatherbacks and loggerheads, with the latter being the most common in the region.
—Johnny Diaz, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2019
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