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In ?????????????????? , a green sea turtle was seen laying eggs on the seaside for the first time this yr final evening on Ao Sane Beach in Rawei. The uncommon event is broadly known each time it is noticed on the island province. The green turtle waded onto the beach to put its eggs and laid a complete of a hundred twenty five of them. The Mayor of Rawei municipality in Muang district announced the green sea turtle eggs after becoming a member of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources to watch the event. The turtle crawled up on the beach, dug a gap, laid a hundred twenty five eggs inside, and crammed the outlet with sand before returning to the sea. Officials had been capable of measure the turtle later as it was seen returning to shore. She weighed 100 kilogrammes and was 1.2 metres lengthy by 75 centimetres extensive. The subsequent morning, specialists checked in on the nest of buried eggs, counted them and declared the 125 turtle eggs to be fertile. They were then rigorously loaded up and brought to a research centre to be protected till they are later able to hatch. While sea turtles have been noticed nesting in rising numbers in latest years, it's still a uncommon occurrence with solely 2 sightings of the nesting whereas it happened in all of Phuket last 12 months at Laem Pai in Rawei, every with about a hundred eggs. The Covid-19 pandemic successfully halted tourism on the island, and, in consequence, has made humans more scarce on the beach, permitting turtles to nest in peace without the noise and light-weight air pollution. Leatherback turtles, the largest species of sea turtle that may develop to be as huge as four hundred kilogrammes, had been noticed laying eggs in the highest numbers in 20 years. Between October of 202 and February of 2021, 18 leatherback turtle nests had been uncovered on beaches round Phuket..

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