The Not-So-Chivalrous Love Life of a Pacific Green Sea Turtle
Things started normal enough…
… but perhaps because she seemed more interested in taking a sip of water than with what was going on behind her…
…she ended up with an unceremonious flipper to the face on the dismount. We encountered these two questionable love-birds in an inland cove on the island of Fernandina in the Galapagos Islands. Top photo: Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 80mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/100th of a second
Middle photo: Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 110mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/125th of a second
Bottom photo: Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 140mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/125 of a second
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oh what neat love storypic.
Twixt plated decks it’s—-So clever of the turtle—-To be so fertile. Haiku Nash (with apologies)
Will you be serving up other loving couples as we lead up to Valentine’s Day? This is a doozy!
HAHAHA This is awesome. I just LOL’d
I thought the Flipper to the face on Dismount was rather un-chivalrous.
Otherwise it’s just like my own Love Life;)
Regards
I’m sure there’s a Romantic Novel in there somewhere.