Worlds longest green turtle crawl



This video is from the Flagler County Turtle Patrol, just north of here. This amazing turtle must have felt so relieved when she finally made it back out to sea. She made me tired just watching her tracks. 
Can you imagine doing this... if you weighed over 200 pounds, were crawling on you belly being propelled by short stubby legs, AFTER having just spent probably over an hour digging a nest about two feet deep, then laying upward of 100 eggs, covering the nest and then trying to find your way back to sea along this route. Amazing. 

P.S. I didn't mention she did all of this in the dark of night. What an ordeal!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

You're so right! That's an incredible video. And that's an incredible mama turtle!!! Thanks for posting this!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for posting this testimony to the persistence of life.
From A normal beach buddy