Feast your eyes on a rare sea turtle egg nest on Hon Cau

On August 2, the Management Board of Hon Cau Marine Reserve (Tuy Phong District, Binh Thuan Province) announced that it had successfully rescued a rare sea turtle nest with 78 eggs. Earlier, last night, heavy rain appeared in the Hon Cau island area. This morning, the Marine Reserve staff on patrol discovered a newly laid nest with 78 eggs at Trang Dao Beach, Hon Cau.

Sea turtle eggs scattered at Trang Dao Beach, Hon Cau. Photo: Phi Phi

The mother turtle dug a hole of more than 20cm, about half an arm deep, near the coastline between the sand and the vegetation on Hon Cau Island. The mother turtle then laid the eggs in the nest and covered it with sand. After discovering the nest, the staff of the Conservation Area carefully collected the nest of turtle eggs and rescued them, bringing them to the incubation area of ​​the Patrol and Control Team on Hon Cau Island.

78 sea turtle eggs discovered this morning, August 2. Photo: Phi Phi

Sea turtle eggs are collected at the incubation site so that the baby turtles can hatch safely. Photo: Phi Phi

Ms. Luu Yen Phi - an employee of Hon Cau Marine Reserve, said that because she could not see the mother turtle, she did not know what family the turtle eggs belonged to.

Sea turtles will be released back into the wild after successful hatching.

However, on Hon Cau Island, the nests are often found to be of the species Chelonia Mydas ( scientific name: Chelonia Mydas), one of the rare turtle species that need to be protected. According to Ms. Phi, this is the first nest of turtle eggs discovered in 2024 on Hon Cau Island. Sea turtles often come to this island to lay eggs during the South wind season, from May to October every year. When the staff of the Conservation Area discovers a nest of turtle eggs, they often rescue them and collect them to the nesting ground so that the eggs can hatch safely, avoiding theft, before releasing the baby turtles back to the sea. Along with the diverse coral ecosystem, sea turtles are one of the highlights that demonstrate biodiversity conservation on Hon Cau Island. Every year, this place witnesses many generations of sea turtles coming ashore to lay eggs and being rescued, successfully hatched before being released back into the wild.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/da-mat-voi-o-trung-rua-bien-quy-hiem-tren-hon-cau-196240802093514899.htm