Releasing Sea Turtles

May 23, 2022,05:50 AM
 

Dear friends,

Earlier this spring I found myself in Puerto Escondido off the coast of Oaxaca in Mexico, where I had the opportunity to partake in releasing baby sea turtles into the sea.



Almost every evening, depending on the amount of eggs that hatched that morning, the release is held in Bacocho beach, right around sunset.



A local organization called Vive Mar is the one leading the conservation efforts in helping to protect sea turtles.



The beach, which is not suitable for swimming due to strong surf, has a section cordoned off in order to provide a safe area both the arrival of the turtles to lay the eggs and also to liberate the turtles once they have hatched inside the hut showed in one of the photos above.



I was surprised to see many visitors from all over the world wanting to chip in and participate in the experience / effort.

The way it works is that the center asks for a donation of roughly $10 USD ($200 MXN) per turtle you wish to release.




Before the release, a volunteer gives a brief talk on how they operate, chances of survival of the turtles and some instructions as to how to go about in releasing them.



As baby turtles should not be touched, they swoop them in these little jicaro bowls into another which one has previously been handed.





Now it is time to release this fellow!


Off they go!
















Thank your for reading and for coming along this wonderful experience,

Alex

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Marine life does not get protected enough...

 
 By: Jakub M : May 23rd, 2022-06:32
The baby turtles are so cute, love the appropriate wristwear too

Thank you, Jakub 😎

 
 By: AlexSunrise : May 23rd, 2022-07:15
Cheers, Alex ...  

Wow, a top adventure

 
 By: brauner : May 23rd, 2022-07:02
Thanks for this report with the pics🐢

Anytime, my friend!

 
 By: AlexSunrise : May 23rd, 2022-07:18
I’m just following your footsteps and spirit of exploration. Cheers, Alex

🙂

 
 By: brauner : May 23rd, 2022-14:41

Thank you for your post and photos.

 
 By: lm6 : May 23rd, 2022-07:33
Sea turtles - like so many other animals - need all the help they can get to survive. Well done!

Indeed!

 
 By: AlexSunrise : May 23rd, 2022-14:36
We were told chances are still slim as only 15-20% make it to older age, but then again, it’s better than not caring whatsoever. Thank you for reading, Alex

Cool story Alex. Thanks for sharing

 
 By: Chronometer (aka yacomino) : May 23rd, 2022-11:06