Okay, Okay.....it was a few months ago but I am dreadfully behind on this blog with all thats been going on and I did promise more photos and more stories.......sorry for the delay!
So off i went to Malaysia.I already posted a part of the journey! The part that took sooooooo long but man it was worth it when we finally did!
We were fortunate enough to be there at a time when the Turtle hatching season was in full swing and even luckier to be a part of the whole conservation project that they have going on there.
1 in 100 turtles survives.Its abyssmal that these cute little guys have such a tough start to life and some dont even make it outta thier holes without getting munched on by some looming Monitor lizard or by an army of bull ants let alone the thought of how they cope when they start thier new little lives in the ocean.
The conservation project is a way of hopefully increasing these numbers. Suprisingly though the project in its practice is very primitive.
As you walk along the beach you see a multitude of sticks sticking out of the sand with a date.You approximate 10 weeks after that date and start digging up the hole to see if any of the little guys have started hatching.If so ,you grab them,put them in a box before they can make it into the ocean and keep them for a week or so.When they are a little older ,harder and not so vulnerable they are released into the ocean at night to go it alone .
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