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''Working' a turtle.'

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Oct 15, 2023
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One of the vast numbers of predators the turtles face; a black hawk eagle

It took the turtle around 45 minutes to finish laying her clutch and I counted 103 eggs before she stopped. While I was frozen under the turtle, hardly daring to breathe for fear of spooking her, the research assistants showed Mary-Lou how to triangulate a nest (mark two trees near…

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