Comments on: First Sea Turtles Of The Year Hatch On Pensacola Beach http://www.northescambia.com/2020/08/first-sea-turtles-of-the-year-hatch-on-pensacola-beach Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2020/08/first-sea-turtles-of-the-year-hatch-on-pensacola-beach/comment-page-1#comment-424974 David Huie Green Sun, 16 Aug 2020 03:58:32 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=412798#comment-424974 REGARDING: "I think I read somewhere that only a tiny fraction of turtles survive the first days after they hatch, ." True. "On the beach, hatchlings must escape natural predators like birds, crabs, raccoons, and foxes to make it to the sea. Once in the water, hatchlings are consumed by seabirds and fish. Few survive to adulthood, with estimates ranging from one in 1,000 to one in 10,000." https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/june15/sea-turtles.html "swoop up a batch and raise them until they got older and then release them into the Gulf" Always tempting. I knew a fellow who did it by accident. He gathered the eggs and was eating them. (Yes, illegal but before I met him and he wouldn't have asked anyone's permission.) He took too long and a bunch hatched. He waited until dark and released them in the Atlantic. Probably none would have made it that far if not for him. I have read of people gathering alligator eggs, hatching them, using them for meat and hides. They release into the wild the percentage which would have survived to that age. All done through proper channels with reasonable people. REGARDING:
“I think I read somewhere that only a tiny fraction of turtles survive the first days after they hatch, .”

True.

“On the beach, hatchlings must escape natural predators like birds, crabs, raccoons, and foxes to make it to the sea. Once in the water, hatchlings are consumed by seabirds and fish. Few survive to adulthood, with estimates ranging from one in 1,000 to one in 10,000.” https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/june15/sea-turtles.html

“swoop up a batch and raise them until they got older and then release them into the Gulf”

Always tempting.

I knew a fellow who did it by accident. He gathered the eggs and was eating them. (Yes, illegal but before I met him and he wouldn’t have asked anyone’s permission.) He took too long and a bunch hatched. He waited until dark and released them in the Atlantic. Probably none would have made it that far if not for him.

I have read of people gathering alligator eggs, hatching them, using them for meat and hides. They release into the wild the percentage which would have survived to that age. All done through proper channels with reasonable people.

]]> By: just sayin http://www.northescambia.com/2020/08/first-sea-turtles-of-the-year-hatch-on-pensacola-beach/comment-page-1#comment-424538 just sayin Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:22:52 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=412798#comment-424538 Oh the adventures that await that little fellow. Oh the adventures that await that little fellow.

]]> By: nod http://www.northescambia.com/2020/08/first-sea-turtles-of-the-year-hatch-on-pensacola-beach/comment-page-1#comment-424518 nod Tue, 11 Aug 2020 01:47:29 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=412798#comment-424518 I AGREE WITH BEWILDERED. SAVE THE TURTLES, DO NOT LET THEM BE FOOD FOR OTHER THINGS. I AGREE WITH BEWILDERED. SAVE THE TURTLES, DO NOT LET THEM BE FOOD FOR OTHER THINGS.

]]> By: bewildered http://www.northescambia.com/2020/08/first-sea-turtles-of-the-year-hatch-on-pensacola-beach/comment-page-1#comment-424506 bewildered Mon, 10 Aug 2020 21:55:54 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=412798#comment-424506 I am wondering why Gulfarium experts or the like could not swoop up a batch and raise them until they got older and then release them into the Gulf. I think I read somewhere that only a tiny fraction of turtles survive the first days after they hatch, . I am wondering why Gulfarium experts or the like could not swoop up a batch and raise them until they got older and then release them into the Gulf. I think I read somewhere that only a tiny fraction of turtles survive the first days after they hatch, .

]]> By: Don Neese http://www.northescambia.com/2020/08/first-sea-turtles-of-the-year-hatch-on-pensacola-beach/comment-page-1#comment-424495 Don Neese Mon, 10 Aug 2020 20:00:34 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=412798#comment-424495 Glad to see the turtles have made a comeback. My wife and I saw 5 large ones 2 weeks ago in Big Lagoon. They were only a few feet from the boat with their back fins sticking up in the air going back and forth. Glad to see the turtles have made a comeback. My wife and I saw 5 large ones 2 weeks ago in Big Lagoon. They were only a few feet from the boat with their back fins sticking up in the air going back and forth.

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