. After following them, the crew found a nest with two newly hatched turtles making their trek toward the ocean.
A crew surveying the Chandeleur Islands came across tracks of the endangered turtles, officials said on August 17, 2022.The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Chairman said Louisiana was a resting spot for all sea turtles.Weigel said aerial surveys found 52 sets of tracks that experts identified as Kemp’s ridley, though some were “false crawls” where no nest was made.
claims more than 53 sea turtle crawls have been documented.
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