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| Female green turtle nesting on Sanibel Island, FL |
Mother Nature sends you a surprise in the form of a nesting green
turtle! This weekend SCCF Turtle Program volunteers and several
beachgoers got quite a treat. On a routine morning beach patrol, one of
our volunteers spotted a sea turtle that hadn't finished nesting. When
she reported it, the permittee hurried to the beach to help keep the
public a safe distance away. The permittee quickly realized it was not
the typical loggerhead turtle that nests so frequently on Sanibel and
Captiva, but a green turtle! Everyone on the beach was superb. They
watched quietly from a distance and allowed the turtle to finish nesting
without being disturbed. She finished covering and camouflaging her
nest then turned and crawled to the Gulf.
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| Green turtle crawl |
