Tropical Zone Gardening: UNDERWATER GARDENS, NO. 7, 1 by KaperC

KaperC wrote:
Not sure what kind of sea turtles these were, but they were just hatched on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. Though you should never interfere with them, we found a nest that had been attacked by (prob.) raccoons and then ants invaded and were killing the babies that did hatch. We had a biologist with us, and he supervised the rescue. We were allowed only to bring them out of the nest - they had to find their way to the water by themselves. They imprint on the place where they are born and return there to nest. Apparently very few survive long in the water at this size. It was amazing to watch them race to the water. We cheated and helped one who got turned around in one of our footprints!