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As caretta caretta hatchlings, the struggling young members of the endangered sea turtle species, start to hit the sea on Turkey’s Mediterranean coasts, an expert has warned locals and tourists not to intervene in their habitat and refrain from feeding or touching them.
“The high human population causes stress for these animals,” said Doğan Sözbilen, a board member of Pamukkale University’s Sea Turtles Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (DEKAMER).
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