In Phuket, a green sea turtle was seen laying eggs on the beach for the first time this year last night on Ao Sane Beach in Rawei. The rare event is celebrated each time it is spotted on the island province. The green turtle waded onto the beach to lay its eggs and laid a total of 125 of them.
The Mayor of Rawei municipality in Muang district announced the green sea turtle eggs after joining the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources to observe the event. The turtle crawled up on the beach, dug a hole, laid 125 eggs inside, and filled the hole with sand before returning to the sea.
Officials were able to measure the turtle later as it was seen returning to shore. She weighed 100 kilogrammes and was 1.2 metres long by 75 centimetres wide.
The next morning, experts checked in on the nest of buried eggs, counted them and declared the 125 turtle eggs to be fertile. They were then…
