Officials from Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources found a second Leatherback turtle nest, containing 141 eggs, yesterday (Wednesday) on a beach in Takua Pa district of the southern province of Phang-nga.
The Phang-nga based officials conducted a routine pre-dawn patrol on the Bang Kwan beach in Kok Kloy sub-district yesterday and found tracks on the beach, made by what appeared to be a huge Leatherback turtle.
They followed the trail to the turtle’s nest, removed some sand and found the eggs buried about two-feet deep. Of the 141 eggs found, only 118 of them are good.
The officials decided to move the eggs to a nearby location, but a little further inland, because the original nest could be reached by seawater, which may endanger the eggs.
A temperature monitoring device was put into the new nest before it was covered with sand.
An official said that this is the second Leatherneck nest found during the 2022-23 egg-laying season, which usually lasts from October through February. The first nest was found on November 17th.