Wildlife Conservation Society Releases Incredible Footage of Mass Hatching of Locally Endangered Turtle
December 15, 2020
December 15, 2020
BRONX, New York, Dec. 15 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release:
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released an amazing video showing tens of thousands of Giant South American River turtle hatchlings (Podocnemis expansa) emerging from a sandy beach in a protected area along the Purus River - a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil.
WCS Brazil conservationists say the emergence occurred over several days. Approximately 71,000 hatchl . . .
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released an amazing video showing tens of thousands of Giant South American River turtle hatchlings (Podocnemis expansa) emerging from a sandy beach in a protected area along the Purus River - a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil.
WCS Brazil conservationists say the emergence occurred over several days. Approximately 71,000 hatchl . . .