A sea turtle left the ocean to lay eggs in Costa Rica with a remora attached; the fish held on for 19 minutes and survived outside the water

• Gripping tightly to the turtle’s shell with a suction disc on its head, a live suckerfish stayed attached and survived in the open air for 19 minutes.
• The rare encounter took place on Pejeperro beach in September 2025.
• Field workers monitoring nesting turtles on the beach spotted the olive ridley turtle emerging