TheNotSoEvilEngineer t1_iufbwpt wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:04 PM

See, this isn't helping, it's interfering. There is a reason they nest and produce dozens and dozens of eggs. Natural selection says only the fitest/ lucky make it the water past the predators. This will only produce lazier species that will have a mass die off when people don't assist them again.

Oekogott t1_iufx5kf wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:42 AM

Evolution doesnt happen that fast. Turtles will be for a long time able to find food without assistance.

PanisBaster t1_iugi19f wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:29 AM

Was just in Mexico on a nesting beach and the locals would come down and grab all the babies, put them all in a bucket and release them in the ocean all together. We were worried about touching them but after some time we were all in. Seems like that eliminates a lot of their predators by doing this.

We would find some of the baby turtles going the wrong way in the morning because of the lights.

Seems to me that in the USA we put these laws to not touch the turtles so the enforcement officers don’t have to make a choice wether people are poaching or not.

immaownyou t1_iugg4fw wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:12 AM

Climate change has been hurting turtle populations because the gender of a turtle is determined by the temperature of the egg in the nest. With rising temperatures less boy turtles are being born

stommekut t1_iuhqy4d wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:59 PM

So damaging the planet with pollution, global warming, over hunting/fishing wildlife is ok but fuck the absolite minority that wan't to take the time to help a small % of a species a helping hand aye?

The reason most of these species need help is because we as a species are fucking up their planet.