HOTEL SUPPORTS SEA TURTLE CONSERVATION

On Monday, June 12, 110 baby sea turtles squirmed their way out of a hatchery in front of Nusa Dua coastal hotel and towards the sea. The hotel management, tourists, and local people bore witness to these Olive Ridley sea turtle hatchlings and their beginning of life. The mother Ridley laid those eggs 52 days before, where Hotel Management found the nest on April 19 and built a protective border as to keep the eggs from being disturbed. There they monitored the eggs carefully and let them incubate naturally. After the hatchlings hatched, Nusa Dua put the young turtles in a seawater pool for one night, and they were released into the ocean the next day. Sea turtles are amazing creatures, who are known for their interesting life cycle. After the turtles mature, they mate at sea (which is a mysterious behavior that scientists are still investigating). The male never has anything to do with the beach, living at sea pretty much his whole life, while the female goes to the exact same beach that she hatched on to lay her eggs. Sadly, all sea turtle species are threatened or endangered. Are you up to saving them? I know I am.

-PJ

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