Italy: Hundreds of baby turtles hatch in Caretta caretta nest in Avola

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Hundreds of loggerhead sea turtles, also known as Caretta caretta have been hatching at Gallina beach in Avola. WWF volunteers were lucky enough to film such an occasion early on Tuesday morning before scientists examined the area later in the day.

“There are many turtle nests in this area this year. It’s really a birthplace: about 400 have hatched in the last few days,” explained WWF volunteer Ele.

Dozens of people gathered round as WWF representatives dug for more shells and began counting.

“The first ever nest in Italy was laid here on May 25, the first reported nesting. About twenty days later, a turtle laid right here, so we enlarged the fence and made it hexagonal, like the town of Avola,” explained Life Euroturtles WWF representative Oleana Prato.

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SOT, Ele, WWF volunteer (Italian): “We are here in front of a caretta caretta turtle nest. We are on Gallina beach and five turtles have just hatched.”

SOT, Ele, WWF volunteer (Italian): “There are many turtle nests in this area this year. It’s really a birthplace: about 400 have hatched in the last few days.”

SOT, Ele, WWF volunteer (Italian): “It is exceptional, on the one hand, because it is a number that we have managed to census; it is also possible that in the past there were also these numbers, but the presence of volunteers from the WWF and other associations that deal with them allows us to census them, count them and also carry out scientific studies.”

SOT, Oleana Olga Prato, Life Euroturtles WWF (Italian): “The first ever nest in Italy was laid here on May 25, the first reported nesting. About twenty days later, a turtle laid right here, so we enlarged the fence and made it hexagonal, like the town of Avola.”

SOT, Oleana Olga Prato, Life Euroturtles WWF (Italian): “These are the tracks of the little turtles, unfortunately because of the lights from the street and the houses, they did not go directly into the sea so we had to make this fence to direct them with warm lights.”

SOT, Oleana Olga Prato, Life Euroturtles WWF (Italian): “We’re inspecting both nests because they haven’t come out for three to four days already, so it’s safe to say it’s sold out. If we find any alive, it’s because they got stuck. So now we’re doing the scientific census for the eggs.”

SOT, Oleana Olga Prato, Life Euroturtles WWF (Italian): “We’re inspecting both nests because they haven’t come out for three to four days already, so it’s safe to say it’s sold out. If we find any alive, it’s because they got stuck. So now we’re doing the scientific census for the eggs.”

SOT, Oleana Olga Prato, Life Euroturtles WWF (Italian): “89 is the average. I’m checking, sometimes it’s 120 or 150. I always hope that there are more because the more there are, the better. The problem is that the hatching failure is very high. For a couple of years I have been experiencing this, in a nest of 113 eggs, only 12 were fertilised.”

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