B.re.aks my coronary heart watching the mamas battle to get again to the water. She is sooo exhausted after all of the work required to lumber out of the water, pull herself up the seashore, dig the outlet, lay her eggs, cowl them up and switch her large physique round.Then the pulling ahead begins once more. When she lastly slips beneath the waves, I breath a sigh of aid for her. I additionally ship a prayer to the little ones nestled under the sand, ready their flip to hatch and head for the water. It’s a superb occasion.
After 4 lengthy years, a Leatherback sea turtle — Earth’s largest residing turtle — has returned to Sanibel Island, Florida, to nest as soon as once more. Weighing almost a ton and stretching as much as seven ft lengthy, this mild big rose from the darkish surf underneath moonlight, pushed by the identical historic pull that guides her type again to the seashore the place they had been born — a miracle of nature referred to as natal homing.
The Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) is a creature of extremes — a deep diver that may face up to frigid polar waters, but return to tropical sands to create life. Not like every other turtle, its leathery shell flexes with strain, permitting it to roam 1000’s of miles throughout the open ocean, feeding on jellyfish and crossing continents between nesting cycles.
For Sanibel Island’s conservation groups, this uncommon go to is greater than a spectacle — it’s a triumph. Leatherbacks are [en.dan.ger.ed], going through [relentless] [th.re.ats] from plastic [po.llut.ion], fishing gear entanglement, and local weather change. Every nesting feminine represents a fragile thread in a narrative 100 million years outdated — a lineage that has survived the extinction of dinosaurs, shifting continents, and rising seas.
When she completed laying her eggs, she turned again towards the surf, vanishing into the darkish water with the identical quiet grace that introduced her ashore. Beneath the sand, a brand new technology now waits — tiny hearts beating in rhythm with the tides.
It’s not only a return; it’s a promise — that life, if given the prospect, will all the time discover its approach residence.
Please depart her alone to deposit her eggs!
Might she proceed to stay a protracted 
wholesome Secure Life 
Aameen
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