DID YOU KNOW? Puerto Rico has record number of nests of worlds largest sea turtle. Puerto Rico created an ecological corridor to protect leatherback turtles. The beaches of Puerto Rico in 2013 had an all-time record number of 1,390 nests and 68,000 hatchlings of the leatherback turtle, the largest sea turtle in the world and one that is in danger of extinction in the Caribbean. A spokeswoman of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of the Caribbean island said that these are the highest figures ever registered since records began to be kept in the mid-1980s. The leatherbacks season for laying eggs on the coasts of Puerto Rico lasts from March to July, followed by the hatching of the egg clutches that goes on until August and September. The biggest sea turtle on the planet chooses beaches in warm seas to lay its eggs, and Puerto Rico has some of the beaches preferred by the species in the Caribbean. The leatherback is the largest of all sea turtles, reaching a length of 2 meters (6 1/2 feet) and a weight of some 600 kilograms (1,300 pounds). The species nests every two years and migrates from such faraway places as Canada and northern Europe, crossing the Atlantic to lay its eggs on the coasts of Caribbean islands. Foto: On todays trip we passed a seea turtle nest in Luquillo Beach.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 02:29:13 +0000
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