A human wall to the sea

[ashling]

[idwiyo]

1. K&R

[HipChick]

2. Tasty

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[Agschmid]

6. Joke fail.

[Javaman]

8. +1 LOL nt

[denbot]

9. Win!

It was the first thing I thought of!

[marble falls]

17. Have you tried the Peppermint Catty?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

19. I hate jokes like this.

I don't understand people who like them.

[In_The_Wind]

3. They need all of the protection we can provide.

[handmade34]

4. absolutely delightful...

makes me weepy with joy...

from my time on the beach last year...


mum's tracks...

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[Aristus]

5. I love seeing interspecies compassion.

It gives me hope for the human species, as well as for all the rest of them.

[toby jo]

7. Interesting, but, turtles lay that many eggs for a nature-designed reason.

[denbot]

10. Oh, did nature account for a 99%+ loss of useable nesting areas?

A lot of species are on the brink, a little help is in order.

[emmadoggy]

11. And yet...

"Recent estimates of global nesting populations are that 26,000 to 43,000 females nest annually, which is a dramatic decline from the 115,000 estimated in 1980.[28] These declining numbers have energized efforts to rebuild the species, which currently is critically endangered."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherback_sea_turtle


The photo doesn't say what kind of turtles these are, but to my untrained eye they appear to be Leatherbacks. We have done enough damage to the ecosystems and climate of this planet, that I have no issue with any attempts to make up for it in any way. In general, we are doing far too little.

[ashling]

12. Nature "designed" these "reasons" over a period of

thousands of years. (I use quotations so this doesn't get muddied up as "intelligent design&quot Humans have pretty much screwed this natural order all to hell and back in only the last couple of hundred. Destruction of coral reefs, pollution, long line and net fishing, etc. etc. ad nauseam. Turtles are subject to all kinds of stresses that this natural "design" doesn't account for.

[Locut0s]

16. What's your point?...

Sounds like you are saying that we shouldn't help them. Or do you mean most will die anyway. Either way it's not very clear the way you worded that.

[tavernier]

13. Any help they can get from us on land

(considering that we've created so many roadblocks) is totally appropriate. Their greatest challenge will be once they hit the water, where they will be the main course on the menu.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Soft shell,....

...nom nom nom nom nom...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

21. I know it's Nature in action, but,

fuck you.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. That crock looks SOOOO happy though!!

[Locut0s]

15. So cute! Wish i could have seen this on Kauai when there...

There is a big green sea turtle population there and I got to swim with them which is always amazing. However it wasn't hatching season so I didn't get to see this amazing event.

[BobbyBoring]

18. Very cool!

I used live in Jensen Beach FL. If you walked on the beach at night, you could feel them scurrying over your feet! You had to be really careful not to step on them.

It's amazing how even at night regardless of which way they're facing when they hatch, they immediately head to the sea. There was a 2 headed baby at the preserve for a while. Quite the sight!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

20. so sweet :) I'm gonna cry now...

gets me all choked up. :')