Phuket villager stumbles upon mother sea turtle laying 107 eggs

A Phuket villager stumbled upon a mother sea turtle as she was laying 107 eggs. Sirinat National Park said in a Facebook post that the villager, Kriangkrai Dejom, found the mother turtle laying eggs on a beach near Sai Khu Bay at around 5am on Monday. The beach is located in the Sakhu sub-district of Thalang district.

Kriangkrai patiently waited for the mother turtle to finish laying her eggs, and return to the sea. He then marked the spot where he had found the eggs, and notified park officers.

Park officers arrived on the scene and found the mother turtle’s tracks. The officers counted 107 eggs, which they moved to a safe area at Nai Yang Beach nearby.

This news comes after 78 baby leatherback sea turtles hatched in Thailand’s southern province of Phang Nga last week. The mother leatherback sea turtle had laid…