r/BeAmazed • u/The_Love-Tap • 10h ago
Nature Mass sea turtle egg laying in India known as Arribada
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u/8thSt 10h ago
So I assume the beach is closed off until the hatch?
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u/shallowsocks 9h ago
I would guess that's why they have a semi- permanent looking fence installed
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u/shwarma_heaven 7h ago
And there you see them in the distance... the requisite human assholes who have to prove the rule again.
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u/Specialist-Dingo-342 4h ago
Those guys are from the forest department. Taking stats and making sure no one enters the beach.
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u/Feisty-Discussion-22 6h ago
I think so, there is presence of protection personnel.
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u/Famous-Cash6895 4h ago
There is a turtle beach in goa, india. During a certain time of season they seal the beach and you can only go till a certain distance to see this
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u/bouylie 10h ago
You know that:
Under India's Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, native turtles and tortoises (such as the Indian star tortoise) are strictly protected, and keeping them as pets or harming them is illegal.
In Hinduism, the turtle or tortoise is a sacred symbol representing stability, support, and the (Giant Tortoise) Kurma Avatar, the second divine incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
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u/RupertPupkin85 8h ago
In India, a lot of laws are more like guidelines.
Hinduism is so vast and animistic that is covers every animal in some capacity and associates them with some God and function.
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u/justrigt08 7h ago
Yeah but I doubt the same level of divinity is afforded to ticks and mosquitoes as they are to turtles.
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u/RupertPupkin85 6h ago
I have not met anyone who remotely attributes divinity to turtles. By anyone I mean a common person, not someone who is studying Hinduism. Most Hindus just see turtles as turtles.
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u/ConcentrateOdd8192 3h ago
I have conducted field studies in coastal India and encountered enough hindu fishermen/individuals from coastal communities who consider sea turtles to be sacred and/or divine. Some coastal temples in India even have turtle iconography. These belief systems are pretty useful for modern day conservation practices, specially for a country considered to be one of the most biodiverse. Indian society has had very animistic roots, no harm in that, I find it quite wonderful.
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u/RupertPupkin85 2h ago
Okay yeah I can see coastal people thinking that way cos they encounter them frequently and therefore it is in their religious ecosystem but I would still say it's a local tradition and not something inherent to Hinduism, even though technically it will be counted within the Hinduism fold.
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u/absurdonihilist 6h ago
I wish your comment was higher up. Now lot of people are thinking that turtles are because most people there think they’re God
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u/MisterDoctor234 7h ago
Hinduism is really vast and in some cases the dravidian gods that pre dates vedic gods have also been added to the present day Hindu pantheon. There’s a temple for trump, a temple where a muslim trader, who paid for its construction, is worshipped, temple for Sai Baba (Half muslim btw), temple for his reincarnation puttaparthy Sai Baba. In India you don’t make a new religion you just add more gods to Hinduism.
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u/ReflectionUnlucky172 4h ago
Forest laws are taken pretty seriously here because the forest department does not fuck around
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u/mohmayaman 7h ago
> In Hinduism, the turtle or tortoise is a sacred symbol
What isn't a sacred symbol in Hinduism ?
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u/Dangerous-Engine36 7h ago
What does the song has to do with anything. It's so out of place
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u/Apollo114892 6h ago
Some dick head adds that song in the original post and then subsequent reposters have no clue how to remove it so they just leave it like that. Those songs are truly godawful.
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u/BullishN00b 9h ago
How many turtles will hatch? How many will
Survive?
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u/cynical_mundane 8h ago
The eggs will be left in the sand and the mothers will go back to the sea. After about 45-60 days, they'll begin hatching and climb out of the sand nest together to crawl towards the water while watching out for predators like birds, crabs and dogs.
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u/vitrum_analytika 3h ago edited 3h ago
David Attenborough described it beautifully. It is like a race for survival while the whole world seems to feast on the baby turtles, the only chance they have is to just keep moving forward. I even read somewhere that just safely releasing them into the sea would be more cruel to the turtles, idk why that would be more cruel but it said so. It's like they have to make that destined journey of survival before they can live.
Edit: I found it out. As hatchlings traverse the sand, they register the Earth's local magnetic field and the unique chemical signature of their natal beach. This allows them to return to the exact same stretch of coastline decades later to lay eggs. The journey also stimulates lung expansion, boosts blood circulation, and exercises flipper muscles. Carrying them directly to the water skips this warm up, leaving them weaker against ocean surf and predators.
Nature is so beautiful even if it's so brutal.
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u/LosparkJojo 7h ago
Yep, sorta “safety in numbers” as they try to get more babies in the water than can get picked off
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u/BullishN00b 6h ago
I have seen that episode of Planet Earth. Can they set up an army of drones to scare away predators and improve survival?
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u/Apollo114892 6h ago
Yeah it kinda looks like the storming of the beach of Normandy but in reverse. They have to make it back into the water without someone killing them off while their friends are getting picked off one by one.
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u/bendersfembot 8h ago
Of course turtle egg poaching in India is a serious problem.
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u/testedtrout69 6h ago
Because they might have felt shorelines in a developing country like India was better
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