Contains some graphic images

Various photographs of the dissection of a Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) which was found in South Haven in September 1988, including images of the carcass, guts and mouth. Instead of teeth, the leatherback turtle has points on the tomium of its upper lip, with backwards spines in its throat (esophagus) to help it swallow food and to stop its prey from escaping once caught.

Piers Langhelt, the Senior Conservation Officer in the Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology National Museum of Wales, attended to recover the leatherback from the beach.