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A sea turtle leaves the ocean to lay eggs in Costa Rica with a killifish attached; the fish survives outside the water by holding on for 19 minutes

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July 30, 2026

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A nesting olive ridley sea turtle with a common pomfret fish attached to its shell in Playa Pejeperro, Costa Rica (Photo: Megan Bullock) A mother sea turtle crawls onto a beach in Costa Rica to lay her eggs, bringing with her an unexpected passenger who…