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zzz

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D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« on: June 02, 2007, 10:03:24 PM »

Decided toshare this with you guys.. Went to D'lagoon Perhentian 22-25th May and witnessed 4 baby turtles hatching. Wonderful sight. They immediately know where to go.. Off to the sea..

But the staffs at the resort usually take care of them till they're a bit bigger.







Pond where they keep the turtles till they are a bit bigger... these were from a previous batch of hatchlings


bobo

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2007, 10:07:35 PM »

incredible... welcome to the world...  :D

SeaDemon

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2007, 10:12:45 PM »

Good stuff. I applaud all DCs that are doing this on their own. I certainly hope more DCs will emulate this eco-friendly hobby.

bubblesdc

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2007, 10:15:04 PM »

When the hatchlings hatched, their instinct is to swim none stop to the open sea, by 72 hours they will reach the open sea where they can survive better then close to the reef. Just wondering when the baby get "bigger" where do they release the baby? from the shore too? They can't survive because the will linger near the reef and there are too many predators lurking around the reef. But the older baby turtles lost the none stop swimming instinct, and they will hang around the reef! I hope the release the baby in the open sea when the babies are "bigger"!

zzz

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2007, 10:20:50 PM »

Bubblesdc, I was made to understand that they'll onlt release them when they are bigger to increase the probability of them surviving

bubblesdc

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2007, 10:34:48 PM »

That is why we need to know which is correct?  :-/
To release straight away or to keep them?

bubblesdc

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2007, 10:54:32 PM »

Here are some fact about eggs and baby:

Green sea turtle eggs take about two months to incubate. Studies indicate that the temperature of the eggs during incubation influences the sex of baby sea turtles. Lower temperatures tend to produce males, while higher temperatures tend to produce females. The baby turtles are able to break through the eggshell and hatch by chipping away at the shell with a structure called an egg tooth, a temporary hard protuberance on their beaks. After hatching, the tiny one-ounce turtles take a number of days to dig their way out of their nest. Emerging from the nest must be a group effort as one hatching would not be able to escape by itself. Working together, the hatchings scrape away the roof of the nest until they reach about an inch away from the surface of the beach. The hatchlings nearest to the surface stop their digging if the sand feels hot, indicating that it may be daytime. They wait to resume digging until the sand feels cool, indicating that it is night, and safer to emerge by avoiding the harsh rays of the sun and possibly, predatory birds. Once out of the nest, the hatchlings find their way to the ocean, by heading towards the brightest horizon. Thus, artificial lights on nesting beaches can mean death to the young turtles as they may confuse them and cause the them to lose their way. When they find their way to the ocean, the hatchlings must swim continuously for the next day and a half to two days. The young turtles remain at sea and do not come inshore until at least one year later.

Some people believing in protecting the baby until older, but most scientist fear that they lost their survivor instinct, they have stages of development, just like us, if our parents over protect us, we will not be as strong as we should be...

bobo

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2007, 11:59:28 PM »

it will be release... not too old, not to young...  ;)

jgshuwei

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2007, 01:27:34 AM »

So what is others doing?

miezegreat

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2007, 02:01:14 AM »

Ala, comelnye!  :)

How old should they be then released to the sea? A few months, a year?

zzz

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2007, 09:16:30 AM »

Btw, they told me usually there will be turtle landings at their beach in July. May go and visit then.....(if leave permits :'()

anas

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2007, 06:14:49 PM »

I guess, do it whichever ways have still got pro n con. Still so much better then just talking, or worst is just keyboarding.


wing0112

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2007, 09:18:52 AM »

urm last time those turtle survival rates are good coz back tat time..things werent too commercialised and the sea are not full of boat or whatever Aliens stuff... nowadays why do they do the hatchery? they must have come across some proven track of record that those under their care will survives....

loses their instinct of survival is true but then they have to be taken care of in order to keep their populations. Wonder why Sipadan have so many turtle?... and in east coast they arent?

if u know how much a turtle egg cost in the market then you will know lah.... and for the first time in my life i saw hammer head shark... but guess what.. it was in the market dead... Fisherman huh...

zimm

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2007, 02:12:38 PM »

wow.....zzz i almost cried......so beautiful. cant wait for this coming redang trip to see the babies ;) btw tks for sharing :)

Arquilecte

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Re: D'Lagoon - turtle hatchlings
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2007, 11:27:38 PM »

1. Do you see the turtles keep in the pool (captivity) always stay on top?
2. Do you always see adults turtles in the sea, keep floating on top of the sealevel?

As far as know, the baby turtles are feed at the surface. So, they intend to have air keep in their shell and this make them a float all the time. When they are release, they hardly go down to find food, and more likely to be eaten by birds.
So, do you think we should keep them? The keepers need to know how to take care of them. I've seen turtles in Perhentian (the villagers keep them), and they feed it with bread. What a shame.