Sentences with phrase «turtle eggs when»

«Usually monitors like these will eat just about anything they can catch and kill, as well as carcass and turtle eggs when available,» Weijola said.

«Usually monitors like these will eat just about anything they can catch and kill, as well as carcass and turtle eggs when available,» explains Weijola.

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During some years, up to as many as 12,000 green sea turtles aggregate around Raine Island to lay eggs on the beach, which offers scientists a natural laboratory to compare the movements and behaviours of the turtles and tiger sharks during a time when sea turtle concentrations are higher than average.

Don't sit on the turtles — Rambharat said Trinidad and Tobago was fortune... photographs have appeared online showing people sitting on the leatherbacks when they come ashore to pay eggs.

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.

Dystocia or egg binding happens when the female box turtle is unable to pass her eggs.

The turtle center prepares for summer time during June and July for breeding season, when thousands of precious turtle eggs hatch on provisional locations on the soft sands of Kuta beach.

When the female turtles make their way onto the beach to lay their eggs, they are guarded from a distance by a marine biologist or hotel employees to make sure they are not disturbed.

Life is simple when you wake up on this secluded retreat with a day of snorkelling ahead, followed by a star lit evening carefully watching both green turtles and the endangered loggerhead turtles laying their eggs.

The turtle viewing season runs from November to February when female turtles come ashore to dig nests and lay their eggs in the sand.

The islands play host to two species of turtles who come ashore here to lay eggs several times a year, ensuring that you'll be able to catch a glimpse of these sea creatures no matter when you visit.

«The hotel's white - sand beach, complete with turquoise waters and thatched cabanas, is the nesting ground for sea turtles, and the hotel's staff alerts guests when the eggs are hatching.»

The time of year when the turtles lay their eggs is known as «arribadas» and during this period national park police patrol the area to ensure that they aren't disturbed.

The Kemp's Ridley sea turtle sets itself apart from other turtle populations in several ways: They're the smallest of all the Gulf of Mexico turtle species, measuring only about 2 feet when fully grown; they're the world's most endangered sea turtle; and they're known for their synchronized nesting activities, called arribadas, in which hundreds or thousands of females come ashore on the same day to lay their eggs.

Maybe it was the the same turtle and was despondent because the blackbird stole it's eggs I've never seen a leatherback unless maybe when I was young and went to the zoo, probably then I've eaten turtle soup, not sure if it was made from Leatherbacks or farmed turtles of another sort.