National Geographic UK - 10.2019

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A flatback sea turtle
kicks up sand while
digging a nest on Crab
Island, off Australia’s
northeast coast. Indig-
enous rangers with the
Apudthama Land Trust
brave saltwater croco-
diles and other hazards
to monitor and protect
the flatback’s impor-
tant nesting beaches.

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