Too hot to hatch: dry, hot weather impacting Queensland’s endangered bum-breathing turtle
Researchers say it is not a pretty story for Queensland’s endangered Mary River Turtle this year, which is having an ‘extremely unusual’ nesting season. Hot and dry weather has had a significant impact on the timing of the nesting with turtles only now starting to lay their eggs, about a month later than usual. The Tiaro Landcare Group, which has spent more than 15 years protecting and studying the species, said they have never seen anything like it before. “In 2005, we would have protected 30 nests by this time of the year, and now there’ is next to nothing,” researcher Marilyn Connell said. “It’s a really different year, extremely unusual for us for the past 15 years.” Click the link to read more..
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