Baby albino green sea turtle born


	Baby albino green sea turtle born

mmlee

7-26-2009 7:25 PM

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animals, turtle, albino, nature, thailand, reptiles, conservation, endangered, sea

mmlee says:

Photo. Endangered green sea turtle.

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7-26-2009 9:25 PM

mmlee

Cute baby looks like white porcelain, sure hope he/she lives a long life ...

7-27-2009 12:17 PM

tanyamm

This one will if he gets big enough in captivity to live on his own in the wild ocean.

7-27-2009 2:20 PM

chestnut501

Wow, I've never seen an albino turtle before.

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