Thai Navy Protects Sea Turtles Eggs

msn.com:

Every year, dozens of mature sea turtles come ashore on Khram Island, an isolated island known as the biggest nesting site of sea turtles in the Gulf of Thailand, to lay their eggs. But the survival of these eggs, and the hatchlings, is under constant threat, which is why the navy has been protecting them for almost 20 years.

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Comments

[doodlebug2]

Sorry to say, that picture is a Diamond Back terrapin, native to the US East Coast and the Mascot of the Maryland Terps. But, still a great story.!!!!!!!!!!!

[DrJohnnySkeptic]

That's wonderful that the Thai Navy has taken the initiative to protect these eggs.

I hope that the U.S. government can learn from this example.

[PWM]

Sad the military is needed to protect something that common sense should tell us to protect.