Hatched
For most of the 20th century, Costa Rica’s remote northwest Caribbean coast was unknown to biologists. Then, in 1953, American sea turtle researcher Archie Carr visited the village of Tortuguero (“Place of the Turtles”).
He was amazed by what he saw.
Between June and October, tens of thousands of green sea turtles lay their eggs on Tortuguero’s dark sand beaches.
Tortuguero, Carr realized, was no ordinary sea turtle nesting beach. It was the most important green sea turtle nesting beach in the Caribbean.
Carr devoted himself to protecting Tortuguero. In 1975 Costa Rica established Tortuguero National Park, and since then turtle nestings have increased nearly 500%.
Today nearly 20,000 green sea turtles nest here each year — the largest colony of nesting
We didn't visit at the right time of year to see turtles but this is one of the eggs we found on the beach.
Todays extras are a spiny backed orb weaver and a lizard and a typical view from the bar!
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