Légende

Olive Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) return to the Costa Rican beaches where they hatched every year by the thousands. Driven by atavistic evolutionary traits, females makes this epic effort as they have done for millions of years in order to pass on their genes to a new generation. Emerging at the edge of light, the female turtles struggle to near exhaustion while laying the eggs. Two months later, hatchlings emerge and though as few as 1% may survive, a new generation is born, and the cycle continues

Date

25 nov. 2013

Crédit

Photo12/imageBROKER/Gregory Basco

Notre référence

BRK25H62_359

Model release

NA

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55,6Mo (2,1Mo) / 45,7cm x 30,5cm / 5400 x 3600 (300dpi)

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