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Raw; Giant Turtles Invade Mexican Beach

Santa Maria Tonameca, MEXICO -- Some 400,000 Olive Ridley turtles have been arriving on a Mexican beach to lay eggs.

Each giant sea turtle lays between 80 and 150 eggs and only 60 to 70 percent of the hatchlings reach the sea and survive.

Vigilant turtle watchers have taken up guard along the beach and say this year's migration is going smoothly.

For the past ten years volunteers have worked to protect the beach and the region's ecotourism.

Many are fishermen who used to hunt turtles prized for their meat. Updated: 19 hrs ago

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Added: Sep-2-2008 
By: bellava
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Tags: 400, 000, turtles, mexico
Location: Santa maria tonameca, Oaxaca, Mexico (load item map)
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  • Comment of user 'DotDotDash' has been deleted by moderator!
    • That, and a bunch of drunks heading to Cabo Wabo.

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    • dont forget the american teenagers in the spring, maybe one day your daughter ;)

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    • Comment of user 'DotDotDash' has been deleted by moderator!
    • Don't be an ignorant asswipe!

      You need to be 18 yrs of age or older to have a registered account with LiveLeak! Terminate your account immediately and stop using your parents computer.

      Go back down to your room in the basement and keep adding more nails to your coffin by smoking marijuana while you play your video games all day and jack yourself off!

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  • I feel sorry for these turtles, they will be on the bar-b-que in no time!!

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  • Hmmm... kinda hard to do that when Im actually a US citizen and have the right to be in whichever country I desire you racist parasite roflmao! You see, I get to enjoy the best of both worlds in which I have numerous amount of times and let me tell you I enjoy every minute of it each and every time I travel and the next time I travel again I will think about your racial moronic drivel you post here on LL and laugh as a Mexican/US citizen like myself crosses the border freely in Mexico or USA! lo More..

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  • Amazing how when they hatch they travel thousands of kilometres and return back as adults to the same beach where they were born at to lay there eggs

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  • That's awesome Bellava :) Beautiful creatures.

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  • We're back! This just shows us that everything is okee dokeee with mother nature:) Us silly humans are all worried about global shitt stufff!

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  • don't tell the japanese.

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  • The circle of life continues

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  • free food?

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  • atlantic or pacific?

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  • awsome thanks

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  • Awesome :D

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  • yeh those eggs would be nice to eat. Im sure its okay to take a handfull.Some nice boiled eggs with lemon,salt, pepper

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