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The actual hatching happened 3 days prior, where most of the nest hatched and dug themselves out. However, there are often strugglers and the nest need to be cleaned to get a record of the eggs, conditions, etc. So they have to give it 3 days before they are allowed to dig it out to help any survivors. The nest was really bad. Unfortunatly, red ants got to it, and likely caused the demise of many babies. I didn't dare count, but there were a lot of babies and a lot of bad looking eggs. Damn ants.

But, 2 of them were still alive and flapping!

http://www.sirens-grotto.com/turtle.html

is the circle of life...

And I wish god luck to the little flapping fellows too!

May I also wish good luck to the little turtles.

Pretty soon they will be doing Splish Splash.

Lol

Ah! I'm basking in cuteness and bliss! I love baby turtles. I live close to a "beach" city, so I'm always hearing about little turtles. I was actually thinking about becoming a marine biologist just so I could work on one of those turtle reservations. Now my absolute favorite sea animal is the manitee. (Forgive my spelling if it's incorrect.)

Cute. I love diving with sea turtles in Maui. So cool.

Awww they're so cuuute!

"Now gimme some fin... noggin... duuuude"

If they make it, those little dudes will be this one day

Hey everybody!
Say hello to Crush!!!

HI CRUSH!!!!

Thanks Siren. Those were great pictures!

Siren wrote:The actual hatching happened 3 days prior, where most of the nest hatched and dug themselves out. However, there are often strugglers and the nest need to be cleaned to get a record of the eggs, conditions, etc. So they have to give it 3 days before they are allowed to dig it out to help any survivors. The nest was really bad. Unfortunatly, red ants got to it, and likely caused the demise of many babies. I didn't dare count, but there were a lot of babies and a lot of bad looking eggs. Damn ants.

But, 2 of them were still alive and flapping!

http://www.sirens-grotto.com/turtle.html

awwwwwwwwww they are sooo cute!! i luv sea turtles (not to eat)

You're welcome all

It was a great experience. I plan to adopt a nest myself next year. $25 fee, a lot cheaper then I expected

Awwwww. So cute!

but is kind of a 24/7 work isn´t?

Only if you volunteer with the Turtle Patrol.

The money goes almost completly into your nest alone. It pays for the stakes and ribbon to tie off the nest, for the label and sign that tell people who adopted the nest and has info on turtles, for latex gloves, for the ATVs the patrol uses and gas.

The Turtle Patrol gives you an indication of what species it is, and a timeframe of when they should hatch. You are allowed to watch over the nest whenever you feel you want to. So they'll give you a 3-4 day time frame of when it should hatch, you can go there each night and wait if you wish, but its not required. If you are home when the nest hatches and the turtle patrol comes onto it, they will call you, at all hours of the night if you indicate and tell you its hatching, so if you can/want to go down, you could. 3 days after the nest started to hatch, they turtle patrol sets up a time for you to come down, to do the clean-up. That is what we did. At 6:30, we went down to dig up the nest. This is to count how many eggs hatched, how many didn't, how many babies died, what they died from (if they can tell just by looking at them), and save any strugglers who haven't been able to dig out yet. Almost always, the clean-up ends up with some live baby turtles. I believe they can survive 4 days underground. The local beaches unfortunartly are being ransacked by fire ants. If some of you don't know what they are, they are one of the meanest ants you'll meet and have actually caused the death of both children and elderly here. Most ant hills, you stomp on it, they run like crazy, scared...Not fire ants, just gently blow onto the nest and the carbon dioxide sets them off. Step on it and they swarm out of the nest and bite and sting. As their name says, their bites and stings feel like a burn. They came to Florida by accident in the 1970s I believe. So they really don't belong here. They just take over whereever they please. They really suck.

THAT is SOOOO wonderful and cute! I always loved turtles!

I am on the Turtle Patrol at Holden Beach, NC and have witnessed this miracle countless times. It never fails to awe me.

Tom

Tom in North Carolina wrote:I am on the Turtle Patrol at Holden Beach, NC and have witnessed this miracle countless times. It never fails to awe me.

Tom

aww ur lucky to see them