This one is right up there with Miguel and Katie swimming with whale sharks this winter in Mexico… France, Pascal and their 5 daughters helped a family of 85 baby sea turtles make it from their eggs to the ocean! Check it out… how cool is that!!!
Here is France’s email to me from Mexico:
Yesterday morning 85 turtle eggs hatched right in front of our house in their sand nest. The manager of the property lay them there to protect them until they hatch since they are hunted and endangered. Me and Hilario dug them out one by one. It is an amazing experience. The girls and I will never forget this day. Today we are watching them and protecting them from birds and other prey and tonight we will release them in the sea at sunset. It’s just awesome.Just a few hours old and gaining strength, so fast to crawl to the sea. The locals save the eggs under tree trunks to protect them from crabs and thieves. Unfortunately these endangered turtle eggs are worth 25 to30$US each on the black market. People believe they have aphrodisiac properties and it’s killing the entire species. 85 eggs hatched and we put them in a cooler for the day to gain some strenght and released them at sunset. Most of them once hatched don’t make it to the sea because of birds feeding on them. So we made sure that all 85 of them made it to the sea. Survival rate is very low even after that. Maybe 3 will survive. It was an incredible experience to dig them out of the sand and protect them all day. The girls and I are amazed by these little creatures has we wayched them open their eyes and crawl for the first time.France
