Larger turtle eggs unearthed in Dhanushkodi
lantus insulin pen online MADURAI: Relatively larger-sized turtle eggs found from a nest in Dhanushkodi coast on Monday kindled hopes of leatherback turtles nesting in Ramanathapuram coast. On Monday, a forest team found a turtle nest and unearthed 72 eggs and 30 smaller size eggs at Arichalmunai in Dhanushkodi.
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casino online in cambodia Kartaly Olive Ridley is predominant species nesting in the area. But turtle eggs are poached by fishermen for food. Feral dogs too feast on eggs.
que usa aliança de namoro Nevers In order to conserve turtles, the forest department has formed turtle conservation teams in coastal districts taking out turtle watching patrols. Turtle watchers deployed to identify turtle nests and eggs are collected and protected in hatcheries till the hatchlings come out of eggs. The hatched turtles will be released in the sea.
communicatively royal vegas casino bewertung In a whopping number this year, 13,000 turtle eggs were collected along Ramanathapuram coast and were safeguarded in hatchery at Mukuntharayarchathiram near Dhanushkodi. Out of them, 7,500 eggs have already hatched and the baby turtles were released in the sea. Rest of the eggs are supposed to hatch in this month or in June.
online casino in armenia San Jorge Last year, 2,500 eggs were collected and more than 2,000 eggs hatched, forest officials said. All these were Olive Ridley eggs.
The nest spotted on Monday created hope among forest officials because the depth of nest was 100cm deep against the usual nests dug by Olive Ridleys — 60cm in depth.