On Tuesday 25/6/24 - we experienced an exciting evening at Bat Galim beach when two brown turtles came up to lay their eggs.
On Wednesday morning 26/6/24 the eggs were already collected to a protected farm, one nest had 88 eggs and the other 71 eggs.
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A platypus digs the nest with the back fin and lays the eggs which are about the size of a ping pong ball. The laying itself takes around one to two hours, a great effort for the turtle when at the end it will cover the nest with all the fins and return to the water. This was the end of the relationship between Mother Tseva and the generation of hatchlings that hatched two months later.
A sea pincer lays eggs on the beach ► Watch
Sea turtles are protected wild animals that are in danger of extinction and do everything to protect them:
The copying of the eggs is done in order to protect the eggs from many predators who were ready to dig up the nest and devour the eggs (protein snack). Of course, also so that they don't hatch in a lighted place which constitutes light pollution and God forbid they end up on the road instead of the water.
Another reason for the relocation is to allow the turtles that will hatch in the area of the protected farm to arrive in 15-20 years, when they reach sexual maturity, to go up and lay their eggs on a sandy beach that is preserved and will not turn into concrete.
What to do if Raitan.m is on the beach?
This is probably a sea turtle that came up to lay eggs (the males do not come out of the water, only if they were thrown out injured). In such a case, keep your distance, under no circumstances shoot at her and report to RTG *3639, who will come to see where the nest is and from where to move it to a protected farm, to help protect the eggs that will develop into hatchlings, the next generation of ninja turtles.