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Chronicle - will be born around the middle of September and will return to the sea where the mother left them: the beach of the Lido Le Palme, on the coast of Catania. The nest was made safe from the waves by the volunteers of the Centre wildlife rescue Etna. That happy, they tell: "And 'an important finding, because in recent ina garten years there has been a drastic reduction of specimens." Blame the fishermen and of anti-social man
"It happened 35 years earlier when the beaches occupied the entire coast of Playa Catania. But now even the turtles are adapting to living with humans. " As the female Caretta caretta - the most common sea turtle in the Mediterranean - which has chosen the beach of the Lido Le Palme Etna to lay her eggs. An important finding, especially since "in recent years there has been a drastic reduction in them," says Grace Muscianisi, voluntary wildlife ina garten rescue center of Catania. Blame the wild peach, especially in the past, and of anti-social man. In a month or so, however, forty new tartarughini - if all goes well - will reach the sea.
The discovery was made three days ago by the staff of the lido, during cleaning operations morning. "They immediately recognized ina garten the nest with eggs - continues Muscianisi - Because my mother had been seen wandering around the beach a week ago." One lap before deciding on the location of the brood. Unfortunately not quite nailed it: "On the shore, a few centimeters from the sea - tells the voluntary - Perhaps because the turtle had difficulty to move forward, or because she was afraid of something." According to volunteers, the waves could take away a fifty per cent of the eggs.
The size of a ping pong ball, they were found forty. "But ina garten a caretta caretta ina garten lays 100 to 120 eggs at a time." A large number of offspring, however, that it waits lot. "A female lays from the 30-40 years onwards - explains ina garten Muscianisi - and lives, if luck assists, up to 70-80 years." A long life being increasingly threatened by man. By fishermen, especially in the past, that captured for cooking them. Fishing nets and the 'pollution today. "Sea turtles are not fish, have lungs as we breathe in and out of the water. If caught in the nets, they fail to rise to the surface. ina garten " Or the Caretta caretta can happen to exchange a bag or a plastic bottle for a jellyfish "for which they are greedy." Material thrown carelessly by humans but deadly to animals.
More successful was the mother turtle Playa. Perhaps Catania too. "We do not know if it's a coincidence, but the females have an exceptional memory - tells Muscianisi - If you can, go to lay in the place where they were born." Brand Liotro or not, the Caretta caretta was lucky: the Lido Palms, chosen for its brood, it is one of the stations of the recovery center for wildlife sightings and strandings arrival of the animals and any releases. The eggs remain there, controlled by staff and volunteers, aided by a video surveillance system. "All we have moved away from the waves, but not too much. The tartarughini are independent from the start and, if they found easily the corridor to the sea, they would be lost on the beach. " Born in half, maximum end of September. Just after the busy summer season. "With the peace and quiet necessary '.
Agnone Bagni watches over turtle eggs hatch within days and the race to the sea
Carmen Valisano
Cassandra Di Giacomo
Chiara Borzì, Salvo Catalan
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Drafting
Carmen Valisano
Luisa Santangelo
Gabriella Foti
Marco Di Mauro
Andrea Torrisi
Cassandra Di Giacomo
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