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Re: EARLY MAY: Two Auspicious Events on Orient Beach
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04/29/2020 01:30 PM
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Thanks for the post and the pictures. Good luck to those little fellas when they hatch! Hopefully there won't be anyone around to both them when they hatch. I have heard several stories of areas where nature has enjoyed a distinct LACK of human contact, like in our national parks.
Carol Hill
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Re: EARLY MAY: Two Auspicious Events on Orient Beach
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Years ago, back in the infancy of the original Karakter Beach Bar, there was a roped off area in the sandy area between the Boon and Karakter due to at least one (and perhaps more?) nest of turtle eggs in the sand. We weren’t there long enough to know if the hatchlings survived and made it into the sea but we always hoped they did. Jorritt was very protective of the nest and from what we saw, he kept a close eye on it as best he could.
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pat
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Re: EARLY MAY: Two Auspicious Events on Orient Beach
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04/29/2020 06:35 PM
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pat--that reminds me of one time we were staying at Beachside Villas, when Marvlyn came by our unit at like 2 AM and got us up, to go watch a mother turtle heading back to the sea after laying her eggs. While I wasn't originally too excited about getting up at that hour, it was fascinating to watch her head back to the sea, on a lovely full moon night.
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Re: EARLY MAY: Two Auspicious Events on Orient Beach
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There are a whole lot of people working to keep the turtles safe here. Headed by the Nature Foundation they have volunteer spotters to find the nests which are then marked and monitored.
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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