Green sea turtle lays eggs on Phuket beach
First sighting this year of rare event, says local mayor
PHUKET: A green sea turtle laid 125 eggs on a beach on this southern island for the first time this year late Friday night.
The rare turtle came ashore on Ao Sane beach in tambon Rawei of Muang district, said Arun Sorot, the mayor of Rawei municipality.
After laying the eggs, the reptile filled up the hole where she had placed them and then returned to the sea, said the mayor, who observed the event with officials from the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources.
Shortly afterward, the…
