Costa Rican men convicted for killing conservationist and raping volunteers
A Costa Rican court has sentenced four men to decades in prison for the 2013 murder of an environmentalist and the rape of four western female volunteers who were with him. The judgment capped a nine-week retrial of seven men accused of killing Jairo Mora, a 26-year-old Costa Rican working to protect sea turtle nests on the country’s Caribbean coast. Click the link to learn more…
The Crime & Punishment section contains a horrific story of sea turtle torture.
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Species Facts…
Four-eyed turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata): Courtship always takes place in water and is initiated by the male. When the female is resting, the male initiates courtship by orienting face-to-face and approaching slowly toward the female with head and neck extended, pointing at her. When the female is moving, the male begins courtship by chasing her, either by swimming or walking quickly along the bottom of the stream or pool. When the male gets close to the female, he begins a variety of sniffing patterns, based on the positioning of each turtle.
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