By contrast, the green sea turtle and the leatherback turtle crawl rather symmetrically.
Leatherback turtle numbers have dropped 98 per cent since the 1950s.
Three species of endangered sea turtles, the green turtle, the hawksbill turtle, and the leatherback turtle also frequently nested in the affected areas.
It is a favourite food of the leatherback turtle.
Leatherback turtles feed almost exclusively on jellyfish and help control jellyfish populations.
However, human activity still endangers leatherback turtles in direct and indirect ways.
As leatherback turtles spend the vast majority of their lives in the ocean, their eyes are not well adapted to night vision on land.
In order to place it onto dolphins, whales and leatherback turtles special suction cups are used.
