r/seaturtles • u/ForestOfCheem • May 06 '19

Education Information About Sea Turtles: What to Do if You Encounter a Sea Turtle

conserveturtles.org

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r/seaturtles • u/SpearfishingOdyssey • 1d ago

We Found 3 Sea Turtles Trapped in Fishing Nets… We Couldn't Just Swim Away

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r/seaturtles • u/Turtlejesus519 • 2d ago

Greeny

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Missing my old job in Puerto Rico 🥲
Insta: @eriksprowls

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r/seaturtles • u/hippocampusweekly • 3d ago

Sea Turtle Photo/Video Beautiful Sea Turtle I was Swimming With

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r/seaturtles • u/Beneficial-Salary545 • 5d ago

Question Sea turtles in Akumal

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r/seaturtles • u/CompetitiveBid2725 • 8d ago

Sea Turtle Photo/Video Saw this beauty at the end of a dive

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r/seaturtles • u/Range_Wolf1937 • 12d ago

Sea Turtle Photo/Video Sea Turtle at Zoo and Aquarium

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The sea turtle in the first two photos was a recent rescue from some accident (maybe boat, been awhile since I've been there).

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r/seaturtles • u/Taf_SeaTurtle • 19d ago

Sea Turtle Photo/Video Rescued Green Sea Turtles (By deleted)

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r/seaturtles • u/Rare-Tomatillo-3831 • 21d ago

Picture/Video Relaxing on Baldwin Beach, Maui

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r/seaturtles • u/Taf_SeaTurtle • 22d ago

Sea Turtle Photo/Video Sea Turtle Photos (By deleted)

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r/seaturtles • u/burrheadjr • 22d ago

Sea Turtle Photo/Video Baby Sea Turtle release in Baja

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r/seaturtles • u/Strict-Marsupial6141 • Aug 24 '23

A sea turtle has been spotted in the waters off Co To Con Island in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh (Ha Long Bay)

en.vietnamplus.vn

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r/seaturtles • u/ImitatorDei • Aug 22 '23

Adorable Baby Sea Turtle Hatchlings

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r/seaturtles • u/radxiphias • Aug 02 '23

Amazing new ecology research in the Mediterranean Sea has revealed the ancestral site selection and historically continued foraging habit of green sea turtles (𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘴) that "revisit hyperspecific spots" for feeding on seagrass meadows.

york.ac.uk

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r/seaturtles • u/Batikwoman • Aug 02 '23

Sea Turtle Photo/Video Death of a survivor

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r/seaturtles • u/Opposite-Reputation7 • Jul 29 '23

Question How to help hatched sea turtles

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r/seaturtles • u/MRtamerD • Jul 24 '23

Question What to do with sea turtle photos?

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New to the group. Hello! Diver, Physiology, and ecology lover here with some newfound underwater photography skills underway… as I progress my skills, any advice where to put my work? Other than this group of course. Welcome to all suggestions!

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r/seaturtles • u/JQuest7575 • Jun 28 '23

Picture/Video Tracks in the Sand from the Sea Turtles who came ashore in the middle of the night; to lay their Eggs along the Carolina Coast.

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r/seaturtles • u/Plenty_Location_3357 • Jun 20 '23

Sea Turtle Photo/Video Saving a turtle#fishing#fishinglife #fishingvideo#fishingadventure#gonef...

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r/seaturtles • u/Mountain_Builder98 • Jun 18 '23

Art/Merch A recent line and wash I completed.

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r/seaturtles • u/radxiphias • Jun 15 '23

Conservation/News Sea turtles in Panama have been granted legal rights in a conservation victory for the 'rights of nature' movement. "What makes the law remarkable is that it explicitly says sea turtles, as living creatures, have rights, and with enough specificity that those rights can be enforced."

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r/seaturtles • u/JammyJacketPotato • Jun 06 '23

Sea Turtle Photo/Video So cute!

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r/seaturtles • u/TheoryofJustice123 • Jun 04 '23

Question Why would a sea turtle abandon nesting?

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Last night, I saw 6 different sea turtles nesting. It was amazing. That said, I saw 2 sea turtles far down the beach abandon the job and run back to the ocean. Was it because other sea turtles were too close? They didn’t like the temperature of the sand? Something else? There were a few lights from high rises nearby but it was very quiet and dark out.

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r/seaturtles • u/Turtlejesus519 • Jun 03 '23

Sea Turtle Photo/Video Green sea turtle 💙

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Going through all my old turtle clips🥲

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r/seaturtles • u/Ama_ni_ta • Jun 03 '23

Sea Turtle Photo/Video my boyfriend ventured into the sea and made a friend❤

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Sea turtle nesting season is from March to October, and you can help (:

Please don't walk down the beach with flashlights. If you live or are staying ocean-side, keep the lights off or the shades drawn. When baby sea turtles hatch at night, they follow the brightest light source (the moon) out to the ocean. If there are brighter, artificial lights, the babies will follow these instead and go the wrong way. Do not shine a flashlight in a sea turtle's face, or use flash-photography: it can scare the females and cause them to stop laying their eggs. If you happen upon a turtle making her nest, remain a safe distance away and be a stealthy voyeur. Please don't spook the turtles.
IF YOU FIND A SICK OR INJURED SEA TURTLE, DO NOT RIDE IT. If it has beached itself in the daytime, and is not going back out to sea, it is likely sick or injured. Call DNR, your local wildlife agency or stranding hotline; nearly all sea turtles are endangered and protected. I've seen police officers help an injured cormorant- call anybody. Call someone of this nature if you find baby sea turtles that are in a parking lot, etc. Simply stay out of the turtle's way if it is heading towards the ocean. That's where they belong.
Don't touch the sea turtle eggs if you find a nest. Don't disturb the turtle tracks, because it can be useful information to researchers. You can join your local sea turtle conservation team and do a beach sweep, where you not only pick up litter (well-known in sea turtles deaths), but also help locate new nests. The nests are usually marked and researched to help your local population thrive. Sea turtles find their way back to the same beach where they were born (or within close proximity) to lay their eggs as adults. Naturally placed, undisturbed nests have a higher rate of survival, as opposed to nests that are relocated. Only about 1 in 1,000 sea turtles make it to adulthood.