By TSUYOSHI TAKEDA/ Staff Writer
May 3, 2021 at 10:30 JST
This loggerhead looks like it is crying as it lays eggs. But the turtle is actually excreting excess salt from its eyes. (Shot by Itaru Takaku on the Nagatahama beach in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture)
YAKUSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--Underwater photographer Itaru Takaku has been tracking the lives of loggerhead sea turtles living at Nagatahama beach over the last decade and is bringing them up close in a new photo book. [Read More]
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