🐢 Baby Sea Turtles 🐢
Advice from a Baby Sea Turtle:
"Life begins at the beach.
Sometimes you have to dig yourself
out of a hole.
Keep the faith, you'll make it!
Never
forget where you came from. No matter how slowly you go, don't give
up."
Watching a baby turtle (known as a "hatchling")
struggle out of the nest and make its way to the water is an
emotional experience . Everything from footprints to driftwood
and crabs are obstacles, though this gauntlet is important for its
survival. Birds, raccoons, and fish are just a few of the predators
these vulnerable creatures face; some experts say only one out of a
thousand will survive to adulthood under natural conditions.
After an adult female sea turtle nests, she returns to the sea, leaving
her nest and the eggs within it to develop on their own. The amount of
time the egg takes to hatch varies among the different species and is
influenced by environmental conditions such as the temperature of the
sand. The hatchlings do not have sex chromosomes so their gender is
determined by the temperature within the nest.
Learn more about Baby Sea Turtles 🐢