Travelling turtle

2001/09/26 Elhuyar Zientzia

• Ekologia

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real mask like the image visited the coast of Almeria at the end of July and the young have beaten this week their eggs.

True limes usually lay their eggs on virgin beaches in Africa, away from humans and in special environmental conditions. That is why it is so surprising that someone visited Almería in July. The turtle chose the nudist beach next to a hotel to spawn and the experts were surprised. During these two months special safety measures have been taken to protect the eggs and, as already indicated, at the beginning of the week small turtles went to the sea.

The real caretas return to the beach where they were born to put them and biologists hope that next year they will have some visit.