‘Why is no one helping the baby turtles?’
Planet Earth II viewers were left distraught by the plight of hatchling turtles facing death after being attracted towards a busy road by light pollution. The final episode of Sir David Attenborough’s hit programme showed the babies in Barbados wrongly heading across a beach towards a town rather than the sea. With 80 per cent of them disorientated by the town’s lights, some were caught by crabs or fell down storm drains while others tried to dodge fast-moving cars.
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Did You Know…
Dermochelys coriacea; contrary to early speculations that they only nest once during each reproductive season, gravid females are now known to nest roughly six times during the nesting season.
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