Phuket, Mother Leatherback turtles lay eggs at Mai Khao Beach. Phuket Province Hatchery is expected between 6-11 May 2024. Staff will fence off the pens and monitor them 24 hours a day. Mr. Watchara Songsee-on, head of Sirinath National Park, said that at 6:50 a.m., he was informed by villagers in the Ban Mai Khao area that they found traces of sea turtles laying eggs. In the area of ??the National Park Protection Unit at Police Station 2 (Tha Chatchai), the viewing point for airplanes taking off and landing (Mai Khao Beach), therefore, coordinated with the head of the Marine National Park Operations Center 2, Phuket Province. To check for evidence of the sea turtles laying eggs. Later, at 7:20 a.m., Sirinath National Park officials were taken together with officials from the Marine National Park Operations Center 2, Phuket Province, to inspect and found traces of a leatherback turtle. It was found that the chest width was 110 centimeters and the total paddle width was 190 centimeters. Egg hole depth 60 ce ntimeters, egg hole width 45 centimeters, egg size approximately 5.45 centimeters, distance from the water's edge to the egg hole 24.60 meters. From the evaluation it was found that The location of the egg holes is beyond the highest tide line, so there has been no excavation, counting or moving. But they have put up a pen around the area where the mother Leatherback turtle lays her eggs. Ready to take care of them until the baby turtles hatch from eggs and are released back into nature. For leatherback turtle eggs, it will take approximately 55-60 days to hatch between 6-11 May 2024. Sirinath National Park has staff to oversee the incubation of leatherback turtles 24 hours a day. Source: Thai News Agency
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