Sea Turtles!
Today we went to a presentation on Sea Turtles.
The Loggerhead Sea Turtle makes the most nests here on the Alabama Gulf Coast.
In May through October the mother Sea Turtle lays her eggs. She goes up on the beach and digs a hole 18 to 21 inches deep with a hollow space at the bottom the size of a volleyball.
The temperature determines if the turtle will be a male or female. The turtles at the bottom of the hole will be males and the top will be females.
The fox is a predator to the Sea Turtles (on land) so someone thought of a great idea! They put a screen with 4 by 4 holes over the nest so the predators can`t get them while the turtles can get out.
In May of 2010 the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill greatly effected the turtles and all life in the ocean.
That year the volunteers who help make sure that the turtles get into the ocean did not want the turtles going into an oil infested ocean. So they dug up all the turtle's egg and transported them to a warehouse on the east coast and hatched and released them back into the ocean.
If you want to read more about the sea turtles go to www.alabamaseaturtles.com
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