ApocaDocs: Loggerhead nesters have banner year

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Posted Thu Aug 28 2008: from Myrtle Beach Sun News:


	Loggerhead nesters have banner year http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1219930947 Rare loggerhead sea turtles are having a terrific nesting season on the Grand Strand and have been laying eggs on local beaches in higher and higher numbers. Still, biologists warn that the population of the mammoth turtles, which can weigh up to 300 pounds, remains fragile. And the federal government is considering a proposal to classify loggerheads as endangered after 30 years of listing them as a threatened species.... This year, a rare Kemp's ridley turtle has laid 84 eggs in a nest on Pawleys Island, McClary said. It is only the second nest in South Carolina for a Kemp's ridley, the most endangered turtle in the world.

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Now, let's make sure we leave them something to eat in the ocean!