Baby Sea Turtles Caused Quite A Scene At Sandy Beach - Honolulu Civil Beat

Baby Sea Turtles Caused Quite A Scene At Sandy Beach

U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologists Sheldon Plentovich and Elyse Sachs reach the first honu hatchling on top of a nest of green sea turtle eggs Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, at Sandy Beach in Honolulu. This hatchling was entrapped by improperly disposed fishing line and the roots of grass. The entanglement prevented it and the others below it to emerge the previous evening. Biologist Sachs compares this to an emergency cesarian section to the remaining hatchlings can survive. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)

A honu hatchling is uncovered after being unable to emerge on its own.

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