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FiddleDeeDee
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Registered: ‎03-06-2020

Re: Sea turtles crawl to new nesting record on Georgia coast

‎08-04-2022 04:14 PM

@Kachina624  Does it? What if there are enough or any males? That was sort of what the article was hinting at regarding it being a concern. I know nothing about turtles so....

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Kachina624
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Re: Sea turtles crawl to new nesting record on Georgia coast

‎08-04-2022 06:35 PM

@FiddleDeeDee    I'm thinking turtles are not monogamous so one male will breed with many females.

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Hoovermom
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Re: Sea turtles crawl to new nesting record on Georgia coast

‎08-05-2022 07:22 PM

We witnessed turtles building their nests and burrowing in while on vacation in Cancun.  The areas around the nesting grounds were blocked off.  It was amazing to watch their build their nests at dusk.  

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Re: Sea turtles crawl to new nesting record on Georgia coast

‎08-05-2022 08:49 PM

@Kachina624 wrote:

Huge leatherback sea turtle.  I had no idea they get so big.

 

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Shoekitty said.       Neither did I?  Wow. Great pick, really puts the turtles size in prospective!  Thanks!  I was just reading about a breed of turtle that the sex is dermined by the heat of the sand after laying.   It has been so hot there  for last few years that there ratio is 99% females. Soon it will be impossible to carry the breed on that island.   Males require a cooler sand temp during the process after laying.  I found that fascinating.  Who'd a thunk it?

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