A newborn baby sea turtle in the sea and the sea Miyazaki Nichinan August 5 3:55
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On the coast of Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, which is the spawning ground for loggerhead turtles, turtle babies hatched at a city shelter were released into the sea.
On the coast of Nichinan City, loggerhead turtles lay eggs from May to early August every year, but in order to prevent the eggs from waving in the waves, the eggs are protected at a hatchery set up on the coast of the Futa district. doing.
This season, approximately 4800 eggs have been protected so far, and 40 of these were hatched on the 4th.
The newborn baby turtle was about 4 cm long, and when the city's guards put it in a bucket, carried it to the sandy beach, let it go, and immediately towed toward the sea.
Some turtles were caught in the waves and turned upside down, but they disappeared into the ocean one after another as the waves returned.
Mori Kuwata, the city's protection officer, said, "I release as many turtles as I want every year to come back to this coast."
In Nichinan City, hatching of loggerhead turtle eggs will continue until early October.