this is a turtle we met at the beach. she walked all the way from the ocean, up to the dunes, dug a hole with her little back lags and laid some eggs. then she covered it up and walked back to the ocean. she's a diamond back turtle. when here babies hatch, they'll go into the ocean. they'll never meet their mom and she'll never meet them, but the girl babies will go back to the same spot on the same dune and lay their eggs too.
all of these facts were told to us by some eleven year old boy who was also watching the turtle. he has a pet turtle, so i trust his judgement. she moved slowly but purposefully as she went through the process. and it seriously bummed me out that she's never going to meet her babies. even though that's a nature thing and it's supposed to happen that way. it's still a bummer. and it made me glad i'm not a turtle. even though they're amazing.
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