![]() The reason why these turtles have chosen this place is because of the shoreline replenishment project of 2015. This new site in Texas – Babe’s Beach - has no history of Kemp’s Ridley turtles nesting. From then there has been huge fluctuation in the numbers. At the global scale, 702 nests in 1985 was the lowest number while in 2009 it was found these turtles had dug 20,000 nests. This was done in the hope that when these young ones become adults they will return to nest there. The reduction in the numbers started in the coming decades and in order to provide them a chance to recover, from 19, eggs from Mexico were brought by scientists to Texas and the hatched young turtles were released. ![]() An amateur video shot in 1947 near Mexico’s Rancho Nuevo shows them nesting in thousands in just one day, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Now considered the rarest sea turtle, this wasn’t the case in the past. Besides this, their eggs are preyed upon by shorebirds and other predators, while the adult creatures get entangled in fishing gear, struck by ships and at times choked by trash in the water. These reptiles face a variety of threats like high tides and storms that wash away the beaches in Texas, thereby reducing their nesting sites. 107 eggs were recently found! #KempsRidleySeaTurtle #conservation #endangered #seaturtle /KUfYnuDXXdĮxplaining the reason, Theresa Morris who is the Rehabilitation Hospital Manager at Texas A&M’s Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research, in a statement said: “This is because almost all nests in the upper Texas coast zone would become inundated, crushed or predated if left in place.” Moving in quickly to safeguard this new nest, conservationists, removed and relocated it carefully to an incubation facility.Įxciting news! After 10 long years, the highly endangered Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle has returned to its nesting grounds on Galveston Island #Texas. With global warming, climate change and human activity having endangered the very existence of Kemp’s Ridley Sea turtles any news about them that cheers, is more than welcome! That is what has transpired as one these world’s smallest, rarest, most endangered and imperilled creatures laid eggs on a beach in Texas, as per a report in. If you have modified anything up to this point you can use screws to mount the racking being sure to leave a minimum of 5.5 inches between the lower and upper racks (must make sure you can fit you egg boxes!) The second picture shows the setup with both racks installed.Providing hope for the conservationists, the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle laid eggs in a beach in Texas (PIc. If you did everything else up to this point as I have, it will fit perfectly. I measure and cut it to fit exactly into the internal shelf that is already built into the Cooler walls. I use the white closet wire racks that you can buy at any Home Depot and Lowes for the upper rack. ![]() After you have completed mounting the lower rack, you are ready to install the upper rack. Once you have secured the legs, place this rack into the bottom of the Cooler. I use small tie wraps to ensure the legs on the cookie sheets do not fold shut. Measure the inside dimentions of your cooler cl as the walls taper in and trim the rack (if required). Try to leave about 1 inch clearance between the heat tape and the racking. NEVER PUT EGGS DIRECTLY ON THE HEAT SOURCE. I like to use the Cooling Racks for Cookies on this level as they have their own raised stands raising them up off the heat source. Next you will need to add the lower wire rack to the bottom of the Cooler just above the heat tape. If you have any suggestions for improvements, please feel free to share. When you add the Egg boxes with media inside, it will take several hours to rise the media to the proper temperature so allow, at least 24 hours for all to come together prior to needing it! NOTE: I am not an electrician and I post this information for reference purposes only. It also took about 15 minutes after it was complete to come up to temp and hold it. It takes about 30 minutes total to assemble once you have all the supplies on hand. ![]() You can have two levels in a cooler of this size. This incubator goes together quite quickly and will be able to hold three 10.5 x 7.5 x 4 inch "shoe boxes" per level. I believe it would work well for other reptile eggs but you will need to read up on the requirements. It was about $150.00 in materials but if you had a cooler laying around, it would be cheaper. This is an incubator I built to hatch out Ball Python eggs. ![]()
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