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He has eaten a big lunch and had a snooze on the beach. So this
turtle is looking for a nice quiet journey home. Rather than be crashed
about on the breakers as he makes his way back out to sea, he ducks
down to the sand for a smoother ride.
The Hawaiian green sea
turtle makes the same journey every day to and from the Laniakea Beach
in Hawaii, where he munches on seaweed and takes his rest. He and his
friends have been caught on camera by surf photographer Clark Little.
Mr
Little, 40, took the pictures this summer while shooting waves from
below sea-level. He said: 'The turtles often travel through the
breaking waves. I usually run into them after they have been eating.
What they try and do is swim under the wave, to avoid a thrashing.
'The
turtles come to the shore to get the seaweed that grows there. They
also swim in to sleep.' The creatures are so used to the routine, it is
easy to imagine them enjoying the same laid-back surfer’s lifestyle as
the turtles in Finding Nemo.
Clark, who specialises in capturing
images of the inside of breaking waves, has released the shots as part
of a new book. The father-of-two gets his shots of the turtles by
swimming in seas and crouching down with his waterproof camera to
capture rarely seen views.
Clark, from Oahu, Hawaii, says he
often risks his life to capture the photographs. He said: 'I love the
ocean - I am addicted to the waves. I'm always in the water before dawn
to try and snap that perfect picture as the sun rises.'
Editor: jimbon
Source : The Daily Mail
