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Uploaded by: Willow13 — mercredi 4 juillet 2012 — Jekyll Island, GA (Current Weather Conditions)

A female loggerhead sea turtle may travel thousands of miles to return to the beach where she hatched as a baby to lay her own eggs as an adult. A loggerhead female generally nests every two to three years. After mating, she heads to shore to lay her eggs. Even in the buried nest, the loggerhead eggs may fall prey to hungry raccoons that dig them up. The mesh cover protects the eggs from such predators.

Catégories: plages, vacances, ciel, animaux sauvages Appareil photo: Olympus 510-E
 
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1. jeans 02:02 GMT le 09 juillet 2012    
Very nice information.
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2. sillygal 02:06 GMT le 09 juillet 2012    
They are so cute nice find
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3. sillygal 02:06 GMT le 09 juillet 2012    
They are so cute,nice find
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4. Willow13 02:36 GMT le 09 juillet 2012    
Thank You so Much, Jeans and Elizabeth!

We have 150 nests on the island as of yesterday!
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5. nanapoo 07:54 GMT le 09 juillet 2012    
10 FOR YOUR 5TH!!!! love the story too
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6. kristinarinell 01:43 GMT le 10 juillet 2012    
...and I'm curious, does the mesh work?...and how do the turtles get 'out' after they've hatched?
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7. Willow13 02:10 GMT le 11 juillet 2012    
Thank You, Sharon and Kristina!

The openings in the mesh are large enough to allow the tiny hatchlings to escape and it does a good job protecting the eggs from predators! :)

These nests are monitored every night and volunteers and staff try to be there when the baby turtles hatch.
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Willow13 Our 3rd Annual WunderPhotos® Meet-up on Jekyll Island was a great success. Thank You to WunderPhotos® and wunderground.com for the opportunity to observe and share photographs with friends all over the world. "There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." ~Ansel Adams
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