Leatherbacks are long-distance seasonal migrants to Irish waters, and migrate to temperate waters for feeding and then return ...

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight ... throat spines help them grip slippery jellyfish, preventing their prey from escaping. This specialized diet plays an important role in marine ...

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle ... The leatherbacks' backward-pointing throat spines help them grip slippery jellyfish, preventing their prey from escaping. This ...

The world’s heaviest reptile is the Leatherback Sea Turtle – let’s get ... Leatherbacks have a typical diet for a turtle and mainly eat jellyfish, which are abundantly available throughout their ...

Unlike today’s leatherback turtles, however, Archelon wasn’t well adapted ... crustaceans, and possibly even jellyfish. Its diet likely played a crucial role in its ability to sustain its enormous ...

They added: "Sightings of Leatherback sea turtles in Ireland have mostly been recorded during the summer months from July to September, as this is when jellyfish are most abundant in our waters.