For the first time, the world’s rarest species of sea turtle has laid eggs on Magnolia Beach in Texas.
On Monday morning, R.J. Shelly, a Calhoun County Marine Extension Agent, received a call from the county commissioner after maintenance workers noticed sea turtles hatching from a nest on the beach. They were headed towards a road, not the water. Shelly sent pictures of the hatchlings to Pamela Plotkin, director of the Sea Grant at Texas A&M University and a marine scientist specializing in sea turtles.
"But in the last 40 years, the population has started to recover thanks to the work of conservationists. They have implemented programs to protect sea turtle nests and reduce accidental deaths caused by fishing nets. "Most of them nest at only one beach in Mexico," said Plotkin."They have started spreading north, and now we have a few hundred that will come and lay their eggs on Texas beaches.
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