Sentences with phrase «in turtle egg»

The eggs» alleged aphrodisiac properties have made it popular amongst Panamanian poachers, who have contributed to a 30 percent rise in turtle egg poaching since 1996

Particularly significant was the court's finding that the killing was no random incident, but clearly linked to the illicit trade in turtle eggs: Read more...

Particularly significant was the court's finding that the killing was no random incident, but clearly linked to the illicit trade in turtle eggs:

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There were also eggs of turkeys, iguanas, and turtles, roasted, boiled, and in omelettes; reptiles of various kinds; shrimps, sardines, and crabs; wild amaranth seeds and tule roots; honey of bees, of maize, and of the maguey, and portions of maguey stalks and leaves, which were eaten roasted.

The remains of turtle eggs that have been attacked by predators lead to a short pulse of life in what are normally deserts, boosting the abundance of small invertebrates fourfold, a study has found.

A sea turtle hatchling emerges from an egg on a beach in Palm Beach County in southeast Florida.

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I've met humpback whales, sea turtles, giant groupers, and an egg - bearing octopus I encountered in a one - person sub — creatures who had never seen a human before.

With that analysis, they could see that there were only two species — F. falciforme and F. keratoplasticum — that were always found in dead turtle eggs.

In recent years there's been several reports of a fungus, Fusarium solani, that has infected sea turtle eggs.

But the finding might also help sea turtle rescue efforts — if programs can identify the locations where the fungal pathogens are likely to become a problem, they can focus their efforts in those spots, remove eggs from those more vulnerable beaches and raise only those eggs into baby turtles.

Turtles nest unbothered on the remote beaches of the southern Line Islands, whereas in most other places they are killed for meat and their eggs are collected.

For the tens of thousands of sea turtle eggs incubating in the sands of the northern Gulf of Mexico — and dangerously near the oil — it's come to this: Officials are planning to dig up the approximately 700 nests on Alabama and the Florida panhandle beaches, pack the eggs in Styrofoam boxes, and fly them to a facility in eastern Florida where they can mature.

Smaller - scale translocations have been successful, Wibbels points out; Each year from 1978 until 1988, about 2000 Kemp's ridley sea turtle eggs were moved from the species» sole nesting beach in Rancho Nuevo, Mexico, to Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi, Texas, in a bid to start a second nesting beach.

In his decades of research at the E.S. George Reserve, Congdon found that the oldest female Blanding's turtles he captured had more egg clutches than the younger ones, as well as more eggs per clutch.

Green turtles nest later in the season than other species, so many of their eggs hadn't hatched by the time Irma hit.

They incubated 125 Chinese three - keeled pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii) eggs at various temperatures, creating spots in the eggs that were too hot, too cold, and just right.

One species of Amazon peccary has become rare in the region, and turtle eggs, a dry - season staple, were in short supply in 2014 due to earlier flooding.

Kenneth Lohmann, a neurobiologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, says the findings could lead to advances in his own work on the magnetosensitivity of sea turtles, which travel long distances to their home beaches to lay eggs.

They can ingest the plastic detritus or become ensnared in it, and turtles find it hard to lay eggs in the polluted sand.

Many sea turtle populations are in decline and climate change is expected to exacerbate these declines because turtle eggs are vulnerable to high temperatures.

The temperature - difference mechanism for sex determination found in alligators and turtles depends on eggs being left in unattended nests, typically sun - warmed, with clutches large enough to have a marked temperature gradient across them.

Apparently at night in Cancun, large sea turtles waddle their way onto the beach and lay eggs.

Watch one of the most spectacular sites in nature as adult female leatherback turtles come ashore to lay their eggs on desolate sandy beaches in the Caribbean island of Trinidad.

119 Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 32 (2): 119 - 134 (1994) RECRUITMENT IN MARINE FISHES: IS IT REGULATED BY STARVATION AND PREDATION IN THE EGG AND The Ultimate Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes, Sea Turtles, Dolphins, Whales, and Seals 6x9 inches, 400 pages, 965 color photographs, 396 species.

Taro, the young child in the story is fascinated by this, and in time he meets the beautiful turtles when they come onto the beach to lay their eggs.

Explore the way in which turtles hatch from eggs.

Honorable mentions in September include a Husky puppy who jumped from a moving vehicle and a mixed breed dog who got Salmonella from eating a turtle egg.

In March and April, they plan to visit Save the Chimps, a sanctuary for chimpanzees rescued from research laboratories, entertainment, and the pet trade industry, and the Barrier Island Sanctuary, an educational nature sanctuary, to take a tour and help clean up a beach where sea turtles lay their eggs.

This is one of the few beaches in the Perhentians where turtles still return to lay their eggs and the staff and volunteers work... Read our full review of Bubbles Dive Resort.

The rooftop patio, complete with lounge furniture and sunbeds, is one of the world's finest spots for viewing turtles nesting and hatching eggs in their natural habitat.

Travelling to our remote coastal forest camp in Costa Rica, you'll participate (in season) in hands - on turtle conservation, collecting eggs and patrolling beaches.

Night dives easily make it on to the «must - do» list, whilst in summer leatherback and loggerhead turtles use the beach to lay their eggs, which draws eco-tourists.

Isla Mujeres is the ancestral hatching ground for the giant sea turtles that lay their eggs in the soft sand from May through September.

They ensured that our Costa Rican experience was one to remember from arranging the perfect time to see the Sea Turtles coming in to lay their eggs and watch the babies hatch and help carry them to the ocean to family friendly surfing lessons and ATV tours.

These actions have led to an increase in the number of turtles coming to the beach for laying eggs.

The turtles which are frequently sighted in the water also come ashore to lay their eggs — often right in front of Anantara's beachfront villas.

The beach is part of the National Marine Park where in summer the sea turtles, Caretta - Caretta, lay their eggs.

Turtle Release Season During the summer months sea turtles come to Isla late at night to lay their eggs in the soft sand beaches.

Families traveling in August will have the incredible opportunity to seek out sea turtles laying their eggs after dark.

This is suspected to be caused by bad weather and sea surges up the beaches, damaging eggs in the process and meaning that turtles could not develop.

What is really cool is that In the Mexican Caribbean resort town of Cancun, turtle egg - laying season is between May and September and I was fortunate to visit with my son during August and experience eggs hatching and baby turtles make their way to the ocean.

The second day at the hotel, I woke up early to head to the beach and take some sunrise photos and I ran into a couple who showed me the turtle tracks all over the beach and the protected area the turtle eggs are kept in on the beach at CasaMagna.

On nature walks there is the chance to see the Yakushima deer and monkeys and in certain months, turtles, as they lay their eggs on the west coast beaches.

Some venture down in winter to watch 50 - foot gray whales on their migration, and others to witness giant turtles laying eggs on the sandy shore.

South Africa doesn't bay too loudly about the annual appearance of leatherback (critically endangered) and loggerhead turtles on the coastline of iSimangaliso Wetland Park — one of the last major nesting sites in Africa where they can still lay their eggs on the beach.

Recently declared a Wildlife Refuge, to protect the sea turtles who come to lay their eggs into the sand; this beach highlight of the year comes in March with the annual sandcastle contest is held.

Guests may also get the opportunity to observe the majestic Humpback whales in their natural habitat as they visit on their annual migration or watch the turtles laying their eggs along the coastline between November and February each year.

As an added bonus, turtles frequently lay eggs and hatch in the bay.