Second nest of baby leatherback turtles hatch at Bang Khwan Beach

By The Phuket News

 

Image: DMCR

 

PHUKET:-- A total of 47 baby leatherback turtles hatched and successfully made their way into the sea from a nest on Bang Khwan Beach last night (Dec 28), the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) has reported.

 

At about 10:50pm, DMCR officials went to examine the nest on Bang Khwan Beach in Moo 7, Khok Kloi, Phang Nga, just north of Phuket. The examination came after CCTV surveillance showed that the sand on top of the nest began to sink, indicating that the baby turtles below were hatching.

 

“Officials examined all 47 of the baby turtles and found that they were strong enough. Therefore, officials released all of them to the sea,” the DMCR explained in a report posted late last night.

 

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and that's great phenomenal news, hope they all survive their perilous trip .... reading this made me forgot the damn virus

It has been a very good year for turtles on the west coast.
 

The beach just south of Natai beach had two nests of the worlds largest sea turtles for the first time since the tin mining days. Looks like they are making a comeback. Further north have also had quite a few nests. 
 

 

 

 

Great news, and similar recent encouraging news from here in Cambodia:-

 

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Why can't they just leave the turtles to do what is natural instead of turning it into a public sideshow???

7 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Why can't they just leave the turtles to do what is natural instead of turning it into a public sideshow???

Because Turtles have been hunted and killed to an endangered species level. The publicity makes people aware of their rarity, stops sales of turtles on the open market and stimulates protective measures such as the 24 hour guard of the nest.

7 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Why can't they just leave the turtles to do what is natural instead of turning it into a public sideshow???

Some say that to be ignorant is bliss.. who in the hell doesn't know about endangered species and the efforts of the so valued few to keep them sustained.

On 12/30/2020 at 1:35 AM, PatOngo said:

Why can't they just leave the turtles to do what is natural instead of turning it into a public sideshow???

 

Because they taste so good.

 

On 12/30/2020 at 6:35 PM, PatOngo said:

Why can't they just leave the turtles to do what is natural instead of turning it into a public sideshow???

Hopefuly it will enlighten those who decide to hunt them for shells and meat.

I can recall when you could purchase cans of turtle soup around the world. 

Turtle soup from freshly caught turtles were a mainstay in many restaurants in tropical locations in the 70s.

the public looking at baby turtles do more good then harm,

and also gives joy to the blessed that see it

On 1/1/2021 at 7:58 AM, RJRS1301 said:

Hopefuly it will enlighten those who decide to hunt them for shells and meat.

I can recall when you could purchase cans of turtle soup around the world. 

Turtle soup from freshly caught turtles were a mainstay in many restaurants in tropical locations in the 70s.

 

..................and also in the 90`s,unfortunately.

On 1/1/2021 at 7:10 PM, scammed said:

the public looking at baby turtles do more good then harm,

and also gives joy to the blessed that see it

Agree. I was blessed to have camped on Ras Al Had beach in Oman, many years ago, during turtle hatching season. We had the place to ourselves and watched, close up, the mothers laying eggs, and the hatchlings made a beeline to our camp fire, where we collected them in a box and deposited them in the sea, thus avoiding being eaten by foxes.

Today one ofthe rarest turtles in the world washed up on a Welsh Beach 4000 miles from its usual waters

Rare turtle washes up on UK beach 4,000 miles from home - BBC News

If it hadn't been for the knowledge of turtle rareness that the public ha gained from publicity about turtles throughout the world her might not have been a turtle sanctuary in the uk to nurse it back o health