23-01-2023, 08:04 PM
Noticias:
Cofete becomes again the spawning ground of the Caretta caretta Turtle.
The specimens released in Cofete in 2006 would be spawning on the popular southern beach in a success of the program to save this species.
The project to reintroduce the loggerhead turtle (Carreta caretta) in Fuerteventura seems to bear fruit and these days there were enlistments of specimens that could be spawning on the beach of Cofete. In this sense, the efforts made to try to reintroduce and save this beautiful species could be bearing fruit.
In this way it is about determining if the specimens of this species released more than a decade ago return to that beach to deposit their eggs. If confirmed that they do, it would be an unprecedented success for a scientific initiative that has sought to make the island again, as it was centuries ago, a nesting area for this species of turtles.
While waiting for confirmation from the authorities, remind people who visit Cofete to try not to disturb these beautiful animals and of course respect the areas where they could be nesting.
All sea turtles are similar in their basic nesting behavior. During the spawning season, the female returns to the beach where she was born to lay eggs at intervals of 12-17 days.
It comes out of the water, climbs onto the beach, and scrapes the surface of the sand to form a hole in which its body fits. With its hind legs, it digs a hole where it deposits the eggs. Then they cover the egg chamber and pit with sand, and finally return to the sea.
This process takes one to two hours, and occurs in open sand areas or on top of sand dunes. The selection of the nesting area is important, as it influences the results of the clutch, such as the physical condition of the young, the proportion of offspring that manages to emerge from the sand, and the vulnerability to nest predators.
The loggerhead turtle has an average of 70 eggs per clutch.
link to article for pic
Cofete becomes again the spawning ground of the Caretta caretta Turtle.
The specimens released in Cofete in 2006 would be spawning on the popular southern beach in a success of the program to save this species.
The project to reintroduce the loggerhead turtle (Carreta caretta) in Fuerteventura seems to bear fruit and these days there were enlistments of specimens that could be spawning on the beach of Cofete. In this sense, the efforts made to try to reintroduce and save this beautiful species could be bearing fruit.
In this way it is about determining if the specimens of this species released more than a decade ago return to that beach to deposit their eggs. If confirmed that they do, it would be an unprecedented success for a scientific initiative that has sought to make the island again, as it was centuries ago, a nesting area for this species of turtles.
While waiting for confirmation from the authorities, remind people who visit Cofete to try not to disturb these beautiful animals and of course respect the areas where they could be nesting.
All sea turtles are similar in their basic nesting behavior. During the spawning season, the female returns to the beach where she was born to lay eggs at intervals of 12-17 days.
It comes out of the water, climbs onto the beach, and scrapes the surface of the sand to form a hole in which its body fits. With its hind legs, it digs a hole where it deposits the eggs. Then they cover the egg chamber and pit with sand, and finally return to the sea.
This process takes one to two hours, and occurs in open sand areas or on top of sand dunes. The selection of the nesting area is important, as it influences the results of the clutch, such as the physical condition of the young, the proportion of offspring that manages to emerge from the sand, and the vulnerability to nest predators.
The loggerhead turtle has an average of 70 eggs per clutch.
link to article for pic