Turtle trivia: their survival rate is 1/1000

The survival rate of baby turtles is extremely low. Only about 1,000 turtle eggs can hatch a baby turtle.

What are the main reasons for the low survival rate?

Turtles laid their eggs on the beach, and after taking some protective measures, they returned to the sea. After waiting a few months, the little turtles crawled out of the eggshells themselves and embarked on a journey in Shanghai. Whether a turtle can shell or not, should have a great influence on the temperature and humidity and the surrounding environment.

On the beach, there will be many hunters waiting to eat the baby turtles. After the survival of the fittest, the little turtle who survived will have to float on the sea for several months because there are hunters in the sea. In this way, there will not be many turtles left.

The current environment has a great impact on the already low survival rate. There are piles of garbage on some coasts, and the little turtles can’t crawl back into the sea on their own, and die on the shore. Some tourists, because of curiosity, interfere with the spawning of turtles.

The invention of light has brought convenience to human beings, but it has misled many living things. The baby turtle is an example. In the past, baby turtles used the moonlight to guide their direction and climbed back into the sea smoothly. Now, car lights and skyscraper lights make baby turtles at a loss. Some turtles were even crushed by vehicles coming and going because the lights were crawling towards the road.