article_snippet: It is one of nature’s great ocean explorers, a giant creature that swims 13,000 miles in a year and can live to the age of 100.
article_snippet: Rare leatherback sea turtle, was found stranded on a remote beach .
article_snippet: The huge turtle, weighing an estimated 500 pounds, is now being treated at South Carolina Aquarium .
article_snippet: Wildlife experts rescued the rare leatherback from a beach on Saturday.
article_snippet: Kelly Thorvalson, a turtle expert at the South Carolina Aquarium Sea Turtle Hospital in Charleston, said it took five people to haul the giant beast from a beach.
article_snippet: five people rode in a 4x4 truck through mud and marshland to get to the rare leatherback, before using a winch to get a winch on to the vehicle.
article_snippet: Leatherbacks feed primarily on jellyfish
article_snippet: Leatherbacks, the biggest of all the sea turtles, swim in six of the seven oceans, roaming up to 13,000 miles a year in Leatherbacks, the biggest of all the sea turtles search for food and nesting sites.
article_snippet: The leatherback turtle’s dark blue shell is leathery to the touch – giving The leatherback turtle’s dark blue shell
article_snippet: The leatherback turtle’s dark blue shell name.
article_snippet: The animal is officially endangered, with global populations of nesting females having dropped from 115,000 in 1980 to as few as 34,000 in recent years.
highlights_snippet: Rare leatherback sea turtle was found stranded on a South Carolina beach .
  