80 Baby Sea Turtles Hatch and Head into the Phang Nga Sea – VIDEO

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Goongnang Suksawat
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Phang Nga –

Eighty baby green sea turtles have successfully hatched and headed into the sea in the Thai Mueang district.

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) told the Phuket Express that on Monday (July 17th) the head of the Similan National Park Mr. Sarayut Paso was notified by a park staffer on Meang Island that eighty baby green sea turtles had hatched and headed back into the sea.

A mother green sea turtle laid 91 eggs on May 20th, 2023. It took 58 days for 87.9 percent of the eggs to successfully hatch. Two of them were still weak and they will be held in good care before being released back into the sea later.

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Sixty-eight baby sea turtles have successfully hatched and headed into the sea in the Similan National Park.

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Goongnang Suksawat
Goongnang Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for many years and has worked with The Pattaya News for more than four years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.