Releasing Sea Turtles

January 4, 2010 – Sundown – We, along with many of our neighbors on the dock, walked down the street here to a condo complex about ½ a mile away to watch the nightly ritual of the release of sea turtles that had hatched that day. We went last night but we got there too late to actually hear the lecture or see very much. So we decided to go back tonight. We all had a great time. Mexico has finally started a non-profit to try and save the sea turtles. Each night three men walk the beach and find all the turtles that have come ashore to lay their eggs. They harvest the eggs and take them back to the hatchery where they are protected until they hatch – which takes about 45 days. Most of the turtles that beach here on this part of the Bay are Olive Ridley turtles. However, during the last two years they have had four leatherback turtles beach and lay eggs.


The kids loved it. They had so much fun watching the little guys try to make it into the surf.

They really are small!
 

The Kumpis kids and the Pond kids around the pool with all the little guys that will be released tonight.
 

This is the non-profit that conducts the nightly release.
 

"I think I can, I think I can.."
 

Head for the light!!! The sad thing is that 1 in 100 of these little guys will actually make it.