amalgam_reynolds t1_iug8foh wrote
Reply to comment by Iluminiele 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
A large fraction of that death count is birds and crabs and such eating them on the beach between the nest and the water. By dumping them effectively directly into the water, they're increasing the survival rate.
Maybe even doubling it? 12 turtles!
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