# Turtle preparing to lay 6481

- By: BenAveling
- Date: 2006-12-08
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turtle_preparing_to_lay_6481.JPG)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/b/b0/Turtle_preparing_to_lay_6481.JPG/1920px-Turtle_preparing_to_lay_6481.JPG
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Green Turtle (chelonia mydas) attempting to dig a hole for egg laying on Heron Island