A Phuket villager stumbled upon a mom sea turtle as she was laying 107 eggs. Sirinat National Park stated in a Facebook publish that the villager, Kriangkrai Dejom, found the mother turtle laying eggs on a seaside near Sai Khu Bay at round 5am on Monday. The seashore 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 where he had discovered the eggs and notified park officers.
Park officers arrived on the scene and located the mom 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 baby leatherback sea turtles hatched in Thailand’s southern province of Phang Nga final week. The mom leatherback sea turtle had laid eggs on Bang Kwan Beach two months in the past on January sixteen. Unfortunately, 23 eggs did not hatch and 13 child turtles died shortly after hatching, before making their way to the open seas. Meanwhile, a green sea turtle laid ninety six eggs last week.
Both leatherback turtles and green sea turtles are categorized as endangered species and face threats similar to habitat loss, pollution, and poaching. Only one in 1,000 sea turtle hatchlings is thought to make it to adulthood. Without steering, Classified die from dehydration as a outcome of they don’t make it to the ocean quick sufficient.
But because of decreased human activity following the Covid-19 pandemic, sea turtles have been noticed increasingly on Thailand’s seashores lately.
In Phang Nga, 118 turtle eggs had been discovered on November 18, marking the start of nesting season. Out of the 118 eggs, 106 have been fertile and in good situation. Officials moved the eggs to a high-tech nest with a fence and CCTV cameras, together with thermometers to watch the incubation course of..