Wedding crashers are often the worst nightmare for the bride and groom, but when the uninvited guest is a giant sea turtle, well … what’s not to love about that?!
A Reddit user posted the following picture Sunday after tying the knot in St. Croix, where a very unexpected wedding guest showed up for a photobomb:
Who’s the uninvited one, really? If you think about it, the wedding party was crashing the ancient creature’s eons-old ritual of returning to the sand to lay eggs.
It is the only time the animals ever come ashore.
The turtle is actually a leatherback, the largest breed of turtle on earth, and it treated the bride and groom to what its species has done for millennia.
As the photographer explained, “It came ashore, circled around digging a hole, laid its eggs on the beach, covered them up, and rolled back out into the ocean.”
And that is how you make an appearance, ladies and gentlemen, and depart before you’ve worn out your welcome. Always leave them wanting more!
Check out more classic animal photobombs after the jump …
