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Friday, May 27, 2022

May 25th False crawl #3 in NMB

 Just before sunrise this morning, Leonard an avid morning walker and photographer, was out

 enjoying a quiet walk on the beach when he came upon a Sea Turtle Crawl. Calling the NMB STP

 hotline. Wednesday segment walkers Maddy, Connie and Julie are first to arrive. A Huge thanks to all

 who walk the beach each and every morning.


 

The crawl is checked and determined to be a false crawl

(a false crawl  is when a Sea Turtle comes to shore turns around without nesting





SEA TURTLES ARE EASLY SCARED BY HUMAN INTERFERENCE,  AND MAY GO BACK

 INTO THE OCEAN WITHOUT NESTING IF SCARED. ( sometimes having to drop her eggs in the ocean, where they would become non-viable and would  never have the chance to become a hatchling)

PLEASE IF YOU SEE A SEA TURTLE NESTING LEAVE HER ALONE:

LET HER NEST IN PEACE AND KNOW THAT BY DOING THIS, YOU HAVE MADE THE

 DIFFERENCE IN  HELPING IN THE SURVIVAL OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND ENDANGERED

 SEA TURTLE SPECIES.


SEA TURTLES ARE FEDERALLY AND STATE PROTECTED AND IT IS ELEGAL TO TOUCH , HARRASSE ,SHINE LIGHTS, USE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY AND IN ANYWAY HARM OR INTERFERE WITH A NEST, EGGS, OR TURTLES.


If in NMB or Briarcliffe areas and you see a nesting Sea Turtle please call immediately

843-213-9074

Day or night



















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