From June to November turtles lay their eggs in the Lo de Marcos beach. The task is to keep the eggs from the pochers that make a good profit selling them as aphodisiacs. Rescuring the eggs and keeping them till they hatch is the job of volunteers. Many turtles lay their eggs at night and volunteers must pull graveyard shifts to rescue the un born diapsids of the order Testudine.
45 – 55 days later the eggs hatch and in the evening they are set free towards the ocean. Many evenings you can participate in the turtle release at sunset. Watch “What’s Up Lo de Marcos” on Facebook for announcements of turtle releases. Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/CampamentoTortugueroLoDeMarcosNay/
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