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cannot dig its way up through the layer of sand above them.
But with them all helping one another, the job is easily done.
Soon they emerge to the surface of the sand altogether and

hurry towards the sea.
How do these new hatchlings know that they have to
dig through to the top of the sand? Who taught them that
they must make their way towards an ocean that they have
never seen? These tiny creatures could not do this with their
own intelligence, so, where does this conscious behavior
come from? There is only one answer to this question: Allah
has inspired this conscious behavior into sea turtles.