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Take a Ride Through the Great Barrier Reef on the Back of a Sea Turtle

Australia's World Wildlife Fund strapped a GoPro to a turtle’s back so that you don’t have to.

Stretching over 1,400 miles, the Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems—a massive coral reef off the coast of Australia that has captured imaginations worldwide for generations. Now, you can see the reef from the perspective of one of the many animals that depend on it: the Flatback Sea Turtle.

The Australian branch of the World Wildlife Fund, working with the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage protection, made its addition to the forever enchanting practice of attaching cameras to animals by strapping one onto a pre-tagged amphibious reef dweller.

What results is an insider's tour of some of the thousands of individual reefs and fish that comprise Australia's coastal system.

Despite being a World Heritage Site renowned for its beauty and ecological importance, climate change, tourism and fishing have caused the reef to lose more than half of its corals in the last 30 years.

Last week, UNESCO voted unanimously against listing the great Barrier Reef as 'endangered', a decision that would have been embarrassing for the Australian government. Instead, Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt was able to convince the international body in Bonn, Germany of his government's commitment to a 35 year plan that would see tightened restrictions on activities in the area and investment into repairing the damaged biosystem.

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