Hawksbill Sea Turtle vs. Green Sea Turtle

Both swim Hawaiian waters. A: Narrow, with a hooked, hawk-like beak in the Hawksbill Sea Turtle; small and rounded, a short blunt snout in the Green Sea Turtle. B: A long shell tapering to the rear; four side plates in the Hawksbill Sea Turtle; olive-brown; the plates meet edge to edge; smooth rim in the Green Sea Turtle. In air the Hawksbill shell is amber tortoiseshell with plates overlapping like roof tiles and a saw-toothed rear edge. The Hawksbill has two pairs of scales on top of the head between the eyes; the Green Sea Turtle one pair (not shown).

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