🐢 Do you know the leatherback sea turtle? The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) surfaces to breathe. 🌊 Like all sea turtles, it is an air-breathing reptile and must regularly return to the surface to take in oxygen before continuing its journey through the ocean. What makes this species different from other sea turtles is that it does not have a hard shell. Instead, it has a flexible, leathery carapace, which allows it to dive deeper than any other sea turtle and travel vast distan