The Next Generation

After two months of hard work (and plenty of slacking off), I am finally the proud father of baby marine turtles. Me and Gredy (my costa rican friend pictured below), dug up some nests to see what was going on, and lo and behold there were little turtles making there way to the surface. After hatching, it takes the turtles about 5 days before they reach the surface and make their way to the ocean.

The majority of the 10 turtle nests I have will be hatching around May 20th, but I have to come back to the US on May 25th, so I will finish my report in Arizona before heading out to Colorado on June 14.

These are some cooked eggs that never developed:

This is my good friend and turtle expert, Gredy, and I doing work in my hatchery:

And last but not least, that little thing that looks like a clump of sand is a baby turtle!

I'm so proud....

I hope all is well wherever you may be, and that we may see each other soon,

Paul