The newly hatched Kemp's ridley sea turtles are released to the Gulf of Mexico at Padre Island National Seashore every summer.
PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE — As the sun rose early Friday morning, hundreds of people rushed across Malaquite Beach , scrambling for the best spots to watch the show. Armed with cameras and phones, they jockeyed for position behind strands of caution tape, some standing ankle-deep in the Gulf of Mexico as volunteers smoothed the sand with rakes to make things ready for the tiny celebrities everyone was there to see. Those stars arrived just after 6:45 a.m.
Want to see baby sea turtles on the Texas coast? Here’s how. The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings, each just a few inches long, sat stationary for several moments, appraising their surroundings, before starting to tentatively make their way toward the water. “OK, we’ve got some movers and shakers now,” Shaver said, pointing to the first few turtles to venture away from the group.
Three types of Guadalupe River mussels added to endangered list Saving the turtles When eggs are laid at the beach on Padre Island, they’re collected for protected incubation. The primary nesting colony is about 160 miles south in Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas, said Shaver, who leads the Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery at the national seashore.
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