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Sea turtle hatchling. Sea turtles rely on the temperature of the sand in which the eggs incubate, to determine the hatchling´s gender. Generally, sea turtle eggs take 45-60 days (depending on the species) to develop and hatch.
Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR2011
TAMAR
Mata de São João, Brazil
Due to natural factors, only one or two in every thousand hatchlings survive to adulthood. Even if a turtle is safe at birth, it is at sea where the majority of problems that they are challenged to face, happen.
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- Title: Sea turtle hatchling. Sea turtles rely on the temperature of the sand in which the eggs incubate, to determine the hatchling´s gender. Generally, sea turtle eggs take 45-60 days (depending on the species) to develop and hatch.
- Creator: Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR
- Date Created: 2011
- Location: Arembepe, Bahia, Brasil
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