LEATHERBACK TURTLE

Check out the close encounter that Matt and Shaw Watson had with a Leatherback turtle in HD.
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[@DorianMichaelsIII]

Anyone else see the pilot fish (those striped fish) huddling under the leatherback?

[@DeadWait840]

Yea it reminded me of remoraid in a way how they chill under a Mantine

[@mass5904]

"It's soo big you think it's fake" that sums it up

[@nealliu1746]

gotta be really lucky to see one haha. these guys are ridiculously hard to find because they are endangered.

[@sweetsexyjuliemango]

They can be found on the shores of Trinidad and Tobago from March to August. Thousands come to our shores to nest. Trinidad and Tobago is one of the most important and largest nesting sights in the world....

[@havelovewilltravel777]

critically endangered actually. Eastern Pacific Leatherbacks are in terrible trouble. It’s lovely that these guys saw one in the wild

[@trvth1s]

These turtles used to be far more diverse and proliferated. Today there's only one species left. 3 million years ago there were 2 species of leather back, the species that went extinct was likely a result of oceanic cooling, many other things died in this time including many baleen whales, giant carnivorous whales, megalodons and a lot of phytoplankton. About 33 million years ago, before the first ice age of of the Mesozoic, there were dozens of leather. With global warming id expect their range to proliferate. On the up note, if for some reason we humans cause their extinction, turtles will likely re-evolve into leather backs. There was a seperate clade of leather backs in the cretaceous, climate change killed most of them, the rest died in the kt extinction, but small poop eating turtles, likely like those in swamps, went back to the ocean when niches were open and leather backs re-evolved

[@I_committed_warcrimes]

I love leatherback turtles! Their color is marvelous and they have a unique shell.

[@TheCalumHewitt]

This is teaching kids 👍🏻 Superb engagement with a next generation beyond books and wiki.

[@nirvedhsutey]

rare Pokemon

[@sweetsexyjuliemango]

Trinidad and Tobago is one of the Largest nesting areas for the Leather Back turtles... Every year we see thousands of these majestic creatures on our shores.... It one of the most beautiful things that happen on the coasts our twin island republic. Come visit... We are currently in turtle season. You get up close and personal with them. msg me for info.

[@graced3091]

Wowww... looks so majestic... SO HUGE THO

[@alfonsosoumynona6583]

Truly a beautiful creature, amazing footage

[@xThExGrEaTeSTx]

I like tutles

[@gsprlls]

I like trains

[@SzZsoel1]

I turtle likes.

[@mienamie4448]

He came to say hello..humans you are blessed...and thank you guys for sharing xxx😍😘😗😙😚😍😘

[@andrewtowle9259]

That's soooo cool thanks for sharing! i am fascinated.

[@DiverDanNZ]

Nice work Matt and Shaw!

[@va2x]

That is a great video! Thank you for sharing!

[@marceloog2973]

great video. What a wonderful moment

[@ryanhone8344]

I understand one was seen off southern Hawkes bay a few days ago too :)

[@radioactiveplanet1939]

Am I the only one, but kid's voice and accent closely resembles Omega from Star wars: Bad Batch

[@randomfun1018]

Sweet bro.its James I went fishing with Matt and plaid on Hannah's soccer team.

[@aidangm7419]

Galapagos giant tortoise: I thought I was number one :(

[@ar1029]

What an amazing video. 😎👍🏾

[@jaypomana3973]

Massive father / son moment!!!!

[@xBloodXGusherx]

That looks like a really sweet boat

[@carlmatthews4732]

amazing...thx for sharing. Where was this?

[@MrT1ki]

it’s beautiful!

[@neeramegh3736]

Thanks

[@Hoptockets]

What an absolute unit

[@paintbrush3554]

Indeed

[@MIKEnzKIWI]

Nice work Shaw!

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

This is super cool

[@FeedingmyFamily]

where about?

[@tobe2714]

Awesome!!!

[@RoseDragoness]

awww amazing turtle

[@bblazeff1]

Very cool

[@hugol50]

sorry for bad englis- how do you record from out the boat like video time 1:08, where is the camera

[@UltimateFishingTV]

+Hugo Lara we have a GoPro mounted on our outriggers

[@danvallentyne9587]

Yo this is amazing footage! I work with a educational non-profit group divethedata, could we use your footage in an online turtle ID series?

[@Notori0us2u]

Yea it's only an endangered species, no need to turn off your propeller.

[@jonathan-zo9nh]

Mafia boss turtle

[@southstalk]

That's great to see, funny how TV1 news could only say a "Fisherman and his son" I guess they couldn't advertise the fact you work for the other competing and may I say better channel!

[@FishyStuff]

Sweet Az

[@wotari8080]

they sound high

[@dhiyairsyad3435]

youre so lucky

[@sumkipplays]

this is cool help me with school

[@killsecured6464]

When you see a turtle in the wild never give 'em food because when they see another boat they think will think that food is present in there and poachers will caught them easily.

[@AnjaliSingh-nl5wn]

I like very very much turtles

[@raptorousrex9290]

I wanna Jump on it back and ride it thru the water

[@turntable9230]

I want to chop it’s head off and use its shell as a bowl to boil it’s flesh and eat it.🥞

[@ultron5954]

That turtle is not capable of holding more than 200 lbs

[@mikrokosmochi]

@@turntable9230 try to eat it i would love to see it since their entire innards are full of teeth

[@turntable9230]

Their throat has hair like fibers that just look like teeth

[@cosmobane6995]

I wanna be reborn as that turtle when I die

[@Onsatrn]

abie pratama Beat me to it. Ha

[@civilizedgangster4134]

Pat from add brought me here

[@KAMIKAZE-dk8xd]

110k views and only 700 likes and 60 comments??? Wtf

[@nothankyouYouTube420]

Cool story kiddo

[@user-hg2yz4oc5r]

HES HUGE

[@badjujukarma]

y r tgose fishys under the turtle?

[@AdrianGarcia-gm1sq]

Cali_951 picking out any parasites or any plankton. Or possibly hiding from other predators

[@imreplyingtothiscomment2378]

Big

[@hayman1222]

I was wrong my mistake

[@hayman1222]

they're not the biggest turtle in the world tho

[@DeRueben]

Yes they are.

[@ozwin8840]

They are

[@Uncleellroy]

"They can grow up to three meters long. And the _____ that they swim with can grow up to two meters long." What was that word?

[@milawy8115]

Big pec fins?

[@user-ww4by5gb1m]

Где русские мне страшно

[@ImNoHero27]

Cmon kid at least try to sound excited.

[@carlarmarie7139]

These beautiful creatures of the deep truly furnish praise to the name of their Creator, Jehovah. Fittingly, the Bible psalmist sang: “Praise Jehovah from the earth, you sea monsters and all you watery deeps.”​-Psalm 148:7.

[@maxazzopardi7446]

They are extremely rare to find because they're extinct. You should of killed it and put it on ice so you could preserve it on display. That was you see it every day!