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David Attenborough lies side-by-side with huge turtle in iconic encounterBBC Earth
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00:00This magnificent creature, preparing to lay her eggs, is the largest of all turtles, a leatherback.
00:13They can grow up to half a ton in weight, and they have an ancestry that goes back a hundred
00:21million years to the age of the dinosaur.
00:23But in recent times, their numbers have fallen catastrophically.
00:31Here, however, in the Caribbean, there is hope.
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