So here on the island, there’s only 10 people staying at the moment.
It’s very intimate obviously, and you get to know the others pretty quickly.
We’re all in a group chat on “what’s app” and we get notified if there’s a sloth or sea turtle sighting.
So we all were finishing dinner, and one of the island crew excitedly came and said “we have a Turtle laying her eggs!”
So they gave us head-wearing lights of red so as not to disturb her. We went for a quick walk to where she was.
She’s a Hawksbill Turtle 🐢 and their internal GPS always brings them back to the exact spot they were born, to lay their eggs.
We all stood around and watched from about 10 feet away as she laid what we think we counted as 20 -25 eggs before we left….She then covers them w sand and swims back into the sea.
The team here mark the spot and ensure it remains undisturbed.
In 50-60 days, they’ll hatch and work their way to the water and off they go!
They’re “Critically Endangered” according to my copilot search 😢
What an amazing “live” Nat Geo or Animal Planet moment. Surreal to say the least. ❤️
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