Hawksbill Sea Turtle vs. Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Both swim Hawaiian waters. A: Narrow, with a hooked, hawk-like beak in the Hawksbill Sea Turtle; huge and broad in the Loggerhead Sea Turtle. B: A long, tapering shell; four side plates in the Hawksbill Sea Turtle; reddish-brown, five side plates in the Loggerhead 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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