Leather Bob

‘Leather Bob is living out his retirement in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Once upon a time, he travelled across whole oceans to grab some grub!’

You‘ll find this Dynamic Dermochelys now enjoying the lazy days, surfing the waves, eating jellyfish and hanging out near the beach he hatched on over 50 years ago!

Leather Bob weighs as much as a small car, so he doesn’t leave the waters of the reef too often. When you are the largest living turtle, and heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, you have some sway!  But he does enjoy floating up to the shallows to check the ‘wave-riding’ form of the young Grommets! Cowabunga dudes!