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Chelonia mydas mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
After a long struggling night of digging and egg laying, the engendered Green Sea Turtle hurry up to go back to the sea before the sun become hot — at Karan Island, Saudi Arabia.
Throughout tropical and subtropical water worldwide
The Karan Island on the Arabian Gulf form one of main breeding site of this endangered species world wide during the breeding season you can count at least 20 female per night
Spotted on Jun 15, 2012
Submitted on Jul 15, 2012
11 Comments
muy hermoso....
Great series Mohamed,perfect to the occasion,congrats and thanks for sharing
Congratulations Mohamed, your Green Sea Turtle has been chosen as Spotting of the Day for World Turtle Day:
"Today is #WorldTurtleDay! World Turtle Day was created by non-profit organization American Tortoise Rescue to help celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats. The emblematic Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) continues to experience population decline, due to harvesting for meat and eggs, incidental capture through fishing, and habitat degradation or loss. In spite of long time and ongoing worldwide protection efforts, green turtles remain classified as Endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Green sea turtles are still present in the Arabian Gulf, the warmest sea in the world, with nesting sites currently monitored in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, and the UAE. In our Spotting of the Day, you can discover a green sea turtle laying eggs on Karan Island, a marine protected area in Saudi Arabia".
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Thank you for sharing, Mohamed, it is truly special.
thanks a lot Laura
What a special spotting here, Mohamed! Great series capturing a wonderful natural phenomenon.
No problem auntnance123, I delete my photo with the turtle and changing the description
What a wonderful series of a magnificent animal. Unfortunately the first photo is not appropriate for PN. If you could crop it to focus on the turtle it would be fine; otherwise, in keeping with the spirit and purpose of Project Noah, we would ask that it be deleted.
great photo series! love them all.
Thanks Gerardo
Wow great spotting :)