Lepidochelys kempii images - Joel Sartore

Photo: A dead Kemp's Ridley sea turtle lies covered in orange paint to signal biologists that it has been dead for awhile, and has been noted.

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A dead Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle lies covered in orange paint to signal biologists that it has been dead for awhile, and has been noted.

A media event which allowed the press to film three critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) which have been brought into the Audubon Nature Institute near New Orleans, Louisiana, after exposure to oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

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A media event which allowed the press to film three critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) which have been brought into the Audubon Nature Institute near New Orleans, Louisiana, after exposure to oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, injured Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Gladys Porter Zoo.

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