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Tuesday 24 april 2018

The Leatherback Season

has started last weekend

at Eagle Beach

EAGLE BEACH - Every year only were the volunteers re-
the volunteers of Turtuga- lieved with the sign that the
ruba will start the first of turtles really have started
March with the monitoring now. Also the tourists of the
of several Aruban beach- Low Rise Hotel Area were
es, looking for tracks and very glad. Like many of
nests of sea turtles. those tourists the Sea Turtles
have been “repeat guests”
Last year the first Leather- for many years. We cannot They don’t live in the Ca- beach to nest. the sea turtles their dark na-
back nest was found at miss them! ribbean, but in the Atlan- tal beaches, not only now,
March 16, this year it took tic Ocean, were they feed It takes about twenty years but also in 20 years.
till last weekend for the The Leatherback Sea Turtle on Jelly Fish. But to lay their before the Leatherback will
first two nests, one in front is the biggest of the seven eggs they always return to be mature, and just 1 out of More information: Face-
of Manchebo and one in species of sea turtles still their natal beach. Sea tur- 1000 will make it to maturity. book Turtugaruba Founda-
front of Tara Building. Not alive. tles need a dark and quiet Let’s do our upmost to give tionq