Tracking the “Lost Years” of Leatherback Sea Turtles | WILD HOPE
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- Three species of sea turtles nesting in southeast Florida face a range of manmade threats. Thanks to conservation measures, loggerhead and green sea turtles are recovering, but leatherbacks remain at risk. Researchers know little about this amazing species - and in the battle to save leatherbacks, knowledge is key.
Conservationists are out at dawn every morning, surveying and protecting the nests of all three species to keep them safe from human traffic and rescue any hatchlings stuck inside. Meanwhile, at Florida Atlantic University, a team monitors the health of juvenile green turtles who grow up along the coast, fitting them with ID tags to track their movements and progress.
Florida Atlantic University also has the only lab in the world where scientists study leatherbacks as hatchlings. Unlike the other two species that hug the coast for several years, leatherbacks head right for the open ocean, so FAU scientists are pioneering new ways to learn about the 20-30 years they spend at sea before returning to the beach to nest. Using new, miniaturized satellite tags, they’re hoping to reveal the mysteries of the leatherbacks’ so-called “lost years.”
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The flippers on sea turtles are so flippin cute! ❤
Whenever I see comments like "You're not supposed to interfere with nature", I always laugh after I see videos like this...the fact is we're interfering all the time...which is a GOOD thing 😌
Some people don’t understand the level of professionalism these scientists have, they are not just doing this out of curiosity, but also to help develop new ways to protect these speciesism
- There's a difference between interfering && helping. A *huge* difference in fact!
In a WWF talk I heard in Malaysia they aren't doing well, hope they can recover....
Great Work, Thank You.
Thanks for all the work you guys do. It’s so necessary
Would love to one day see big flotillas of sea turtles.
It´s so cool they have such a wide migratory range. Such a sturdy and slow animal, being one of the widest travelers, seeing the whole world. Really has a fairytale or fable- vibe to it!
Dude should've got rid of the barnacles...
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- I always buy "save sea turtle" bracelets to donate to companies. I hope that money *does actually* go to helping them. I mean, it must when you see how many places are trying.. right?
Congratulations 🎉 from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 🙏
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Very nice sharing my friend🎉🎉❤❤
Full support from Morocco .
Welcome
My local PBS LPB Normally shows Nature on Wednesday where is this episode i❤turtles 🐢
I wonder if any other species had such wide impacts on so many others?
Perhaps cyanobacteria?
I love turtles i had one when i was a child
- 4:55 I thought he was going to remove the pesky barnacles like Jacob Knowles 🙄
When do they get big!?
I know!! I guess We’ll have to follow this research to find out
@@ohboilien you can't compare sizes?
@@jasoncable8789 when they reach adulthood👍
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it would be best to walk instead of riding the tractor over the sand while you're looking for sea turtle nests to avoid stepping on as many sea turtle eggs as possible
and get rid of the barnacles on their backs please since you made the effort to catch them you might as well...
Imagine if all these science geniuses were doing something to help *humans*