Baby Turtles On Their Journey To The Ocean

Baby turtles are one of the more adorable creatures in the animal kingdom; unfortunately they’re considered a meal by some of the more sly predators in the world. You see, sea turtles are known to lay their eggs in the shallow sand of the coast line in places on every continent except Antarctica; these eggs hatch baby sea turtles into a place that’s not exactly the most friendly to their survival efforts. So it has become one of the most tense and also the most beautiful events in the world when sea turtle eggs hatch and the newborns have to make their run for the relative safety of the ocean while all sorts of avian predators, crabs, and even racoons try to make them a meal. A mother sea turtle lays eggs on the beach and then has to leave for her own safety, so the eggs incubate for about eight weeks unguarded from humans and any other creature that might destroy them shearly by accident. They usually hatch at night, and through shear instinct and perhaps some lunar cycle signals, they make their way to the water. When they’re finally safe, sea turtles live very long lives (sometimes they reach the one hundred year mark!), but due to this rough first few moments of life, they’ve become an endangered species. So be careful when you walk on the beach, and always yell at any beach going racoons you see, because baby sea turtles need your help!