La Tortuga Feliz

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I got back from the beach patrol at 4 in the morning. Man, was I tired. It was a great hike tho. Its about 6 miles to and from. There was a lot of thunder and lightning way out above the ocean. I saw my first turtle; this HUGE leatherback!! It was so amazing, so massive! We collected her eggs, about 80 fertile and 40 non fertile ones, carried them in a bag, and took them back to the hatchery. After the eggs were relocated, we went out again, considering we still have time left. We didnt see much, except for a few poachers. I slept in until 6 30, had some breakfast, which BTW, the food is delicious!! Went for a swim after that, and I must say, the ocean is always warm. I could have spent an entire day just sitting there and relaxing and not worry about anything. We had a meeting at 10, which is daily. We sat around until lunch, and played games, and socialized. For us newbies, we had another meeting at 1 to talk about the patrolling. I went out again tonight at ten.

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Comments

[anonymous]

haha poachers? What were they poaching...turtle eggs? Also did you get any pictures of this huge leatherback? What kind of foods did you eat?