Title

Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) consuming freshly laid eggs of an Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Caption

Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) consuming freshly laid eggs of an Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), Ostional, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica, Central America

Date

Jun 23, 2009

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Matthias Graben

Reference

BRK19G38_453

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (1,0Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5128 x 3412 (300dpi)

Keywords

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