Histories with Turtles - Frenzy life - a podcast by SEATURTLE.ORG

Loggerhead hatchlings have an incredibly frenzy period of life that begins after the eggshells' pipping. This frenetic activity occurs in the nest chamber and help hatchlings during its climb to the beach surface. Emergence in another frenzy period, followed by minutes of frenzy crawl seaward. Finally inside coastal sea-waters, hatchlings remain with a frenzy activity, swimming underwater until the relative safely open-ocean...

This 9 minutes WebVDoc, shot in the beaches of Praia Baixo and Achada Baleia (Santiago Island, Cape Verde), presents several frenzy periods: emergence, crawling and swimming. Also, this WebVDoc reports some activities related with hatchling and emergence success evaluation, included in the "beach work" of the first year campaign of the Initiative for Integrated Management of Sea Turtles in the Santiago Island, Cape Verde. (Portuguese spoken)!

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