Sunday, September 04, 2005

Releasing turtles into the sea

At the beach on Sundays in August and September, there is a chance for the public to release baby turtles into the sea. There's a group here protecting the eggs of the turtles until they hatch and then teach the public and raise funds by allowing the public to release the turtles. The eggs are buried in the sand in a large fenced area.

First, you can watch the men in the cage digging up the turtles:

And putting them in buckets to take to the beach:


Next each person who paid to release a turtle gets one:


Next we all went to the beach and got ready to release them:


And then we release them:


It was amazing how fast and strong the turtles' desires were to get to the water. And the seemed to do fine with the waves:


(I know it's not the best photo, but all the black dots near the waves are turtles ) ^^

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