El Graduado
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Found this bar of turtle oil soap for sale in Cozumel recently. Took me back to the old days when black coral and turtle oil were the two mainstays of the Cozumel souvenir trade. I dedicated a substantial part of one chapter in my book, Natural History of Cozumel, to the Cozumel turtle trade. Did you know the trade in turtle meat, eggs, and oil was still legal in Mexico up until 1990? The critters made an amazing comeback. Kinda like the Cozumel crocodiles.