We’re always thrilled to discover fresh loggerhead turtle tracks, as we did in June 2012. Here, mama turtle has returned to the very same beach where she herself hatched (her “natal” beach at Botany Bay, near Folly Beach, South Carolina) to lay her eggs—up to 120 of them.
She came at night, then returned to the sea. The rear flipper marks appear staggered, or alternating, across the track and resemble “commas” in the sand. Read more about sea turtle tracks here and loggerheads here.
Incubation temperature determines the hatchlings’ sex (warmer temps result in females; cooler, mostly males.) Check out what happens 60 days later! We love this youtube video, below—some nice folks on Botany Bay watching the little fellows (?) make mini fresh tracks of their own.
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Cute video! 🙂
It really is. Love the guy telling the seagull, “Fahhgeddaboudtit!”
Wonderful freshly laid eggs 🙂
So I am assuming that you guys made the video… How cool is that to see these little guys heading for the surf! Awesome! Would love to see that event.
We’d love to see it, too! Alas, we didn’t witness this or make the video, but we were delighted to find it on youtube anyway. Especially as we know that particular beach. All the more reason to go back to South Carolina next summer 🙂
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Not satisfied with the tracks… we want some good turtle portraits too!
Ok, we’ll work on it!
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How great is this? I appreciate you sharing the video. Certainly something we wouldn’t see in our land locked position. Really enjoyed it!
So glad! Thanks. 🙂