Turtle nests and this year iguanas too
n the spring of 1992 the founding members of the Grupo Ecológico de la Costa Verde, A.C. (the Group) organized and built the first marine nursery in San Francisco, Nayarit. By June of that year protection of Olive Ridley and Leatherback turtle eggs had begun.
On June 19th 2013 our first ever Iguana eggs hatched, and what an experience! Unlike the marine turtle hatchling that lies motionless for hours, these Iguana hatchlings leap from the egg like grease lightning and have little trouble out running the best of us. It look as if a good number survived, although fourteen others escaped, having no problem in lifting off the box lid up and making a run for it. Not to worry volunteers cats were on the job, and most of the escaped Iguanas have been brought into my house and placed at my feet unharmed.
iguana hatching
Olive Ridley nesting
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