CARETTA CARETTA TURTLE

WINTER SEA

Despite the rough sea and the strong wind we were able to interview Mr. Napoli ,a WWF operator.

The cct  turtle makes one of the most amazing travels  in the natural world. It goes around the ocean , owing to its extraordinary direction sense, but it always goes back  to the place where it was born. Menfi coast is  the ideal place for eggs hatching. We are along   the coast of Menfi  where turtles spawned 128 eggs in 2014.  

We're interviewing Mr. Napoli :

S : Can you tell us something about this event?

Mr Napoli:  Of course! Cct  turtles spawned in 2012 and 2014.  When they find the right place, they  start making their  nests. In this place about 112 little turtles were born.  Other turtles’  eggs didn’t hatch. When eggs  hatched they made a cone shaped in the sand. The turtles ‘ eggs are perfectly white and round and they fall and accumulate in the nest one after the other. On the first night 22 turtles were born. When they went out of the eggs ,they went  immediately to the sea following  the moonlight.

S: Which coasts  do turtles prefer to spawn?

Mr Napoli: They prefer sandy coasts because they can dig. They also choose  uncrowded  coasts, without any bathing facilities ,houses and urbanization.

S. The cct turtle is an endangered species. What can we do to safeguard it?

Mr. Napoli: . WWF has been supporting a campaign for the protection of cct turtles for a long time. It consists of giving  information to people. The first advice is not to pollute the beach. Plastic bags, for example, are very dangerous. They reach  the sea with the wind . There  they eat jellyfish and die. The second idea is to realize maritime oasis where turtles can live peacefully. We have the Belice Nature Reserve , near the Belice river , where people can't build any  houses and bathing facilities.

  

WE MUST BE MORE RESPECTFUL OF THE SEA LIFE.