Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in seagrass - seagrass, sebadal, seba (Cymodocea nodosa). Of all the sea turtles that exist, it is the only omnivorous species, feeding in its subadult and adult state on marine plants and algae. Underwater bottoms of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.

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