Launching Baby Sea Turtles

Posted on November 18, 2011 by admin

A fantastic experience, we lucked into being at Los Muertos about when the sea turtles hatch.  At first as we were walking the beach, there was a mystery:  Sticks and screens were set up for who knows what purpose...

What kind of shrine might this be?

...then we noticed strange tracks in the sand...

Could these be snake tracks??

...then we found out what this was all about!!  Baby Sea Turtles were hatching and the "shrines" were actually protecting the eggs from being trampled and from being dug up by the seagulls.

"Our" sea turtle. We named him; "Cortez"

"Cortez" es muy bonito

Be free, Cortez!
Adios muchacho (he knew which way to swim and we watched until he was beyond the surf and heading out to sea)
Posted in 2011/2012-Baja/South Pacific · 3 Comments

3 Comments

  1. April on November 18, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    Wow! What an amazing thing to get to stumble upon! Super cool =)

  2. Roxie on November 19, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    I love that you named your sea turtle Cortez! haha.

  3. Betty on November 21, 2011 at 9:57 PM

    Wow! That was neat!! Sea turtles are so special!

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