Leatherback turtle lays eggs on Phuket’s Nai Thon Beach

[rooster59]

Leatherback turtle lays eggs on Phuket’s Nai Thon Beach

supawadee wangsri

 

 

PHUKET (NNT) - A leatherback turtle has laid eggs on Nai Thon Beach in Phuket for the first time in six years. All the eggs have been moved to Nai Yang beach in front of Sirinat National Park, where officers are watching over them.

 

The officials from Marine National Park Operation Center 2 and Sirinat National Park, had earlier inspected the leatherback turtle’s eggs laid on Nai Thon beach in Sirinat National Park. There are 111 eggs in total and 92 of them are fertile.

 

As the beach could be flooded by high tides and the area was difficult to monitor, the eggs were moved to Nai Yang beach in front of Sirinat National Park. Workers will be assigned to take care of them around the clock to prevent them being stolen.

 

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources will install a thermometer which will be able to predict the time when the baby turtles will be hatched. The eggs usually take about 55-60 days to hatch. A fence will be set up around the new nest site.

 

Leatherback turtles were last seen laying eggs on two occasions in Sirinat National Park in January 2013.

 

Mr Itthiphol Rairat, 60, owner of a bungalow and a restaurant at Nai Thon Beach who first spotted the eggs said he was happy that nature was fully restored because the leatherback turtles might now come back to lay eggs every year.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2020-01-12

Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info

[jobsworth]

Why do people steal turtle eggs?

I am reliably informed that they taste horrible.

 

Edited January 12, 2020 by jobsworth
spelling

[legend49]

These eggs were stolen recently so why would these Muppets advertise turtles have just laid more eggs??? Say nothing and you may get to see them hatch.

[IAMHERE]

Is there any way to fertilize the infertile eggs ?

[London Lowf]

4 hours ago, legend49 said:

These eggs were stolen recently so why would these Muppets advertise turtles have just laid more eggs??? Say nothing and you may get to see them hatch.

Exactly - I was at Nai Yang a few hours ago and saw the new enclosure 75% complete and at least two  guards standing watch.

 

I wondered what it was, but the authorities have very kindly put up notices in both Thai and English explaining. I believe the Chinese use these eggs in their "black magic" so a good job the notice wasn't also in their language!