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Conservationists move threatened sea turtle nests to safer sand to save eggs from heat and tides; a 2-year study found lower hatching success, smaller hatchlings and just 8% males in one season

🐢 Moving turtle nests isn't going as planned

Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Times of India · 1 min read · · Updated

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You try to do a nice thing and save some sea turtles, and suddenly you’ve accidentally RSVP’d them all to an almost entirely female beach retreat. Turns out micro-managing Mother Nature is a lot harder than it looks.

What actually happened

Science News: As rising temperatures, flooding and erosion put sea turtle nests at greater risk, conservationists often step in to move vulnerable eggs to safer par.

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