A Phuket villager stumbled upon a mom sea turtle as she was laying 107 eggs. Sirinat National Park stated in a Facebook publish that the villager, Kriangkrai Dejom, discovered the mother turtle laying eggs on a beach close to Sai Khu Bay at round 5am on Monday. The seashore is situated within the Sakhu sub-district of Thalang district. Kriangkrai patiently waited for the mother turtle to finish laying her eggs, and return to the ocean. He then marked the spot the place he had discovered the eggs and notified park officers.
Park officers arrived on the scene and found the mother turtle’s tracks. The officers counted 107 eggs, which they moved to a secure space at Nai Yang Beach nearby.
This news comes after 78 child leatherback sea turtles hatched in Thailand’s southern province of Phang Nga final week. The mom leatherback sea turtle had laid eggs on Bang Kwan Beach two months in the past on January 16. Unfortunately, Final did not hatch and 13 child turtles died shortly after hatching, earlier than making their approach to the open seas. Meanwhile, a green sea turtle laid ninety six eggs last week.
Both leatherback turtles and green sea turtles are categorised as endangered species and face threats similar to habitat loss, air pollution, and poaching. Only one in 1,000 sea turtle hatchlings is thought to make it to maturity. Without steering, many hatchlings die from dehydration as a outcome of they don’t make it to the ocean fast enough.
But because of decreased human activity following the Covid-19 pandemic, sea turtles have been noticed increasingly on Thailand’s beaches in current times.
In Phang Nga, 118 turtle eggs were found on November 18, marking the beginning of nesting season. Out of the 118 eggs, 106 had been fertile and in good condition. Officials moved the eggs to a high-tech nest with a fence and CCTV cameras, along with thermometers to monitor the incubation process..