Quito, Ecuador — Nine leatherback turtles — the largest endangered marine turtle in the world –were hatched along the coast of Ecuador, the Ministry of Environment said Tuesday.
The Dermochelys coriacea — the turtle’s scientific name — eggs were artificially incubated on the Punta Bikini beach, in the Manabi province in the southwest of the country.
Rangers in the region had moved their nest after a harsh winter hit the coastal region.
“This new hatching has allowed us to determine that we can achieve a high level of artificial hatching of these turtles, which represents an important stage for Ecuador in the matter of conservation,” veterinarian Daniel Alava, from the Cora…
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