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ran across this guy on a dive at the hale o honu dive site at about 50'. dining on something between the rocks. probably a sponge.
it was laying on the shore for 1 hole day
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Cyrus Perry of Trilogy ecotours got these images of a small juvenile hawksbill that was entangled in a ghost fishing gear off Maui. Thanks to Kyle Ellison and Cyrus and all the good folks at Trilogy. Keep up the good work!
See their full vid here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrZw8ksIN7M
This observation was included as part of the below study on the developmental biogeography of the species. Serving the broader interest of open-access science, and as senior author on this study, I am archiving these images here, using iNaturalist as a third-party repository.
More is available here:
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2034
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.2034
Satellite tagged female nesting on big island of Hawaii. Successful night!
At Aki's and Makaha beach