La Tortuga Feliz

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I had the midnight patrol shift today. It was a very exciting night because I saw 4 turtles!! The first one was a leatherback with poachers collecting the eggs, It was sad to see that, because there is nothing we could have done. The animal was HUGE, about 175 cm long. We saw another turtle right after, also the eggs were poached. The 3rd turtle we came across we were lucky because we got to her before poachers did. We collected her eggs and after we finished, I was had the chance to get up close, face to face with her and it was remarkable!! Her head is so big, and to hear her breathe was something else. Truly a prehistoric dinosaur!!

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Comments

[Shaun]

This is really cool (well the whole hearing the turtle breath thing). Did you get any pictures of her. That is horrible about the poachers. Why do they poach the eggs? What do they use them for?