Leatherback sea turtles fitted with cameras hunt for jellyfish 1st-ever footage of its kind obtained by Canadian scientists.

Endangered leatherback sea turtles live mysterious lives and,
until now, scientists had little knowledge of how they spend their
time in the open ocean.

 But a team of Canadian researchers
has managed to get a turtle's-eye-view of leatherback
behaviour.
The footage could be crucial to help save the species from
extinction.
Over eight summers, scientists affixed custom-made, GPS-
equipped cameras with suction cups to the shells of 26
leatherback sea turtles off the northern coast of Cape Breton in
Nova Scotia. After many failed attempts, they recently unveiled
the first-ever footage of a leatherback diving to nearly 40 metres
and hunting for jellyfish — all from the turtle's perspective.
“It was very complicated work, so it took a lot of tries before we
got it. The first time we got the video it was tremendously
exciting for everyone,” said Kathleen Martin with the Canadian
Sea Turtle Network, one of the groups involved in the study.
Previously, researchers could only track leatherbacks from
satellites, and had very little insight into the specific details of
what the massive turtles were doing off Canada's East Coast.
Leatherbacks are prone to getting caught in fishing nets and
lobster lines, and the team hopes that their footage will help to
develop strategies to keep the turtles safe from human
interference.