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Gulf Coast of Texas Seashore

What role does the coast play in a sea turtle's life?


Photographs taken by Elisa Magee
at the Padre Island National Seashore

Sea Turtles Nest and Hatchlings are Released
Near the Sand Dunes

View from Padre Island National Seashore Visitor Center

Near the Sea Turtle Release Site at the
Padre Island National Seashore
Gulf Coast of Texas

The View

A female adult sea turtle leaves the ocean to nest on shore.

Once eggs are laid, the mother sea turtle heads back to the ocean.

Hatchlings that are released tread across this shore to as they head for the ocean.

Citation:

These images are available for educational purposes and are here for students to use in constructing presentations for the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle WebQuest.
Please credit photographs and MPEG video:
Courtesy of Elisa Magee@ Northside ISD, San Antonio, Texas and provide a link back to the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle WebQuest Home Page at http://www.nisd.net/blattman/links/4/sea_turtle/1_kemps_ridley_webquest.htm

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