A Phuket villager stumbled upon a mom sea turtle as she was laying 107 eggs. Sirinat National Park stated in a Facebook post that the villager, Kriangkrai Dejom, found the mother turtle laying eggs on a seaside near Sai Khu Bay at around 5am on Monday. The seaside is positioned in the Sakhu sub-district of Thalang district. Kriangkrai patiently waited for the mother turtle to finish laying her eggs, and return to the sea. He then marked the spot the place he had discovered the eggs and notified park officers.
Park officers arrived on the scene and found the mother turtle’s tracks. The officers counted 107 eggs, which they moved to a protected area at Nai Yang Beach nearby.
This information comes after seventy eight child leatherback sea turtles hatched in Thailand’s southern province of Phang Nga last week. The mother leatherback sea turtle had laid eggs on Bang Kwan Beach two months ago on January 16. Unfortunately, 23 eggs didn’t hatch and 13 baby turtles died shortly after hatching, before making their way to the open seas. Meanwhile, a green sea turtle laid ninety six eggs final week.
Both leatherback turtles and green sea turtles are categorised as endangered species and face threats such as habitat loss, pollution, and poaching. Only one in 1,000 sea turtle hatchlings is thought to make it to adulthood. Without guidance, many hatchlings die from dehydration as a outcome of they don’t make it to the ocean quick enough.
But because of decreased Crazy following the Covid-19 pandemic, sea turtles have been noticed more and more on Thailand’s beaches lately.
In Phang Nga, 118 turtle eggs have been found on November 18, marking the beginning of nesting season. Out of the 118 eggs, 106 were fertile and in good situation. Officials moved the eggs to a high-tech nest with a fence and CCTV cameras, along with thermometers to observe the incubation process..