Turtles and eggs
The pictures below give a clear idea about the hard labour a Leatherback turtle (up to 2,4m – up to 700 kg) has to do to lay its eggs at the beach…
Coming out of the water, getting behind the flood line, digging a hole of some 80cm deep, laying the eggs, covering the nest by crawling over the place and going back to the waters.
This entire process takes some 1,5 hours to complete and after 60 days the little ones hatch and make their way to the sea…
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