Thursday, 28 April 2011

Costa Rica Field Course 2011 Part 3: Playa Gandoca WIDECAST Turtle Conservation Project

We were given a lecture today by Claudio Quesada Rodrigues from the WIDECAST turtle conservation project. We learned about all of the different kinds of sea turtles, current research and conservation. I would highly recommend volunteering for this program if you are interested and have the time/money to do so.

Later that night we got to see a leather back turtle laying eggs on the beach. This female was 1.5 m long and laid 80 fertilized and 30 unfertilized eggs.

No cameras or flashlights were allowed around her so I didn't get any pictures.

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