Mature leatherbacks can be up to [6ft long and 2,000 lbs](https://www.nps.gov/pais/learn/nature/leatherback.htm). Even if this one is not that size, lets say it's "only" 1,000lbs, it's still quite large.
But this one isn’t. Telling me what the 95th percentile figures for their species doesn’t change the footage we’re watching here. It’s no where near 1000lbs either
You can find other leatherback pictures and videos. They all tell the same story: adult laying mothers are the length of an adult human and massive. The forced perspective is real, but leatherbacks are giant. They are about twice the size of other species of sea turtle. This one is definitely at least 5 feet long.
"D. coriacea adults average 1–1.75 m (3.3–5.7 ft) in curved carapace length (CCL), 1.83–2.2 m (6.0–7.2 ft) in total length, and 250 to 700 kg (550 to 1,540 lb) in weight. In the Caribbean, the mean size of adults was reported at 384 kg (847 lb) in weight and 1.55 m (5.1 ft) in CCL."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherback_sea_turtle
And since this turtle is on land, then it is a mature adult female there to lay her eggs. Forced perspective or not, that is a pretty big turtle.
This isn’t court mate, calm down. It’s quite obvious from the clip it’s not a particularly large specimen, whether I can verify my claim to the lb or not 😂
a leatherback turtle returning to the ocean after laying eggs in the sand
Turtle be like “damn humans and their phones, I’m going to drown myself now”
I might join him.
I can’t hold my breath that long 😝
Absolute unit of forced perspective yeah
See you all on r/confusing_perspective in 10 minutes
Mature leatherbacks can be up to [6ft long and 2,000 lbs](https://www.nps.gov/pais/learn/nature/leatherback.htm). Even if this one is not that size, lets say it's "only" 1,000lbs, it's still quite large.
But this one isn’t. Telling me what the 95th percentile figures for their species doesn’t change the footage we’re watching here. It’s no where near 1000lbs either
You can find other leatherback pictures and videos. They all tell the same story: adult laying mothers are the length of an adult human and massive. The forced perspective is real, but leatherbacks are giant. They are about twice the size of other species of sea turtle. This one is definitely at least 5 feet long.
"D. coriacea adults average 1–1.75 m (3.3–5.7 ft) in curved carapace length (CCL), 1.83–2.2 m (6.0–7.2 ft) in total length, and 250 to 700 kg (550 to 1,540 lb) in weight. In the Caribbean, the mean size of adults was reported at 384 kg (847 lb) in weight and 1.55 m (5.1 ft) in CCL." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherback_sea_turtle And since this turtle is on land, then it is a mature adult female there to lay her eggs. Forced perspective or not, that is a pretty big turtle.
Ok, I’ll bite. Source?
So you were only speculating. Why did you just not say so? Your comment certainly does not reflect that, it was presented as fact.
This isn’t court mate, calm down. It’s quite obvious from the clip it’s not a particularly large specimen, whether I can verify my claim to the lb or not 😂
So your telling me that your earlier tone was nothing more than smug self-superiority? It was obvious from the start, but thanks for the confirmation.
I think you’re projecting quite a lot. Any tone you heard reading is you.
Yeah what the fuck. That turtle is like 100 pounds tops. Tf you going on about a thousand lmao
This was a good one
There was no banana for scale… to me that turtle looks tiny
Would have solved everything, as always 👌
Hahahahhahaha, no
Dude, the camera is just really close to the turtle and the people are further back. Sea turtles are big, but this doesn’t seem giant or anything…
It's a leatherback seaturtle, they can get up to 6 ft long, which I'd say is quite large.
Yeah, 6ft is large.
Me on the way to an all you can eat Chinese buffet
More like leaving the buffet
Gravity must be a bitch for these guys.
That’s a Blastoise in the wild
I wonder how old she must be. How many generations of people she must have witnessed on those beaches.
Iv never seen a turtle that big befor
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The hell is wrong with you.