Turtles covering up their nest

The loggerheads and leatherbacks do this slightly differently.

The loggerhead has fin-like wing arms and legs and she uses them both in a "snow angel" move to flip sand back onto its nest. First the front flippers.

Then they climb up on top of their nest and use their back flippers for the final cover.

The leatherback uses its very powerful deep sea front flippers in the same way as the loggerhead.

But the leatherback uses its hind legs to "pat" the sand over the nest.

This sea turtle is built for swimming in the open water.