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Oekogott t1_iufx5kf wrote

Reply to comment by TheNotSoEvilEngineer in More than 6,000 hatchlings of three species of endangered turtles have been released into lakes and lagoons in Peru's Amazon basin to help them repopulate by Sariel007

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

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PanisBaster t1_iugi19f wrote

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.

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