{"id":2907,"date":"2021-06-23T11:25:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T15:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mote.org\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:33:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T16:33:39","slug":"hatchlings-are-here-is-your-beach-turtle-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mote.org\/news\/hatchlings-are-here-is-your-beach-turtle-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Hatchlings are here! Is your beach turtle friendly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first sea turtle hatchlings in Mote Marine Laboratory&#8217;s monitoring area (Longboat Key through Venice)\u00a0emerged in mid-June 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The first hatch of the season always brings us joy, but this one was bittersweet. Hatchlings from this Venice nest crawled the wrong direction and failed to reach the ocean\u2014they &#8220;disoriented&#8221;\u2014due to\u00a0artificial lights visible from the beach.<\/p>\n<p>Rescued hatchlings were brought to Mote&#8217;s Hatchling Hospital so they could recover their energy and get ready for release into\u00a0the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time to review our sea turtle-friendly tips and protect these little ones through the end of nesting season, Oct. 31.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mote.org\/pages\/2021-sea-turtle-nesting\">Turtle-friendly tips &amp; nesting season updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visitors to Mote Aquarium can peek into our Hatchling Hospital\u00a0to see if we have any new patients. While\u00a0our goal is to return these tiny turtles to the ocean as soon as they&#8217;re ready, we typically have many patients in and out each summer.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mote.org\/aquarium\/hours-location\">Plan your visit<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first sea turtle hatchlings in Mote Marine Laboratory&#8217;s monitoring area (Longboat Key through Venice)\u00a0emerged in mid-June 2021. 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