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KOMPAS.com – Starfruit turtle eggs hatch and reproduce more than a few years earlier. This is because no humans went to the beach after the Covid-19 pandemic.
One of the beaches in Thailand, for example, according to environmentalists, there are 11 leatherback sea turtle nests (Dermocgelys coriacea) on the beach since November 2019.
According to records, that is the largest number of nests found in the past two decades. The Guardian.
Good news also came from Juno Beach in Florida.
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The researchers found 76 leatherback sea turtle nests at Juno Beach, which is about 15 kilometers long. This is also a significant increase in turtle nests compared to last year’s number.
The closure of the beach and the rules for humans to keep their distance during the pandemic indirectly keep people away from leatherback nests and allow turtle eggs to hatch.
Illustration of turtle nest on the beach“This is a very good sign for the life of sea turtles, considering that many spawning areas are destroyed by humans,” said Kongkiat Kittiwatanawong, Director of the Phuket Marine Biology Center in Thailand. The Guardian, Monday (04/20/2020).
In the past five years, the presence of leatherback turtles around the Phuket Sea Biology Center in Thailand has become very rare. Conservationists barely found their nests.
These turtles also face risks from fishing gear, pollution, climate change and bad weather, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
About leatherback turtles
Reported Living science, On Tuesday (04/21/2020), leatherback turtles are the largest tortoises ever.
