The Olive Ridley Turtle on Land and Sea
In The Olive Ridley Turtle on Land and Sea, narrator Sir David Attenborough follows a sea turtle off the coast of Costa Rica, resting after a 1,500-mile journey to lay her eggs. She comes to rest on the same beach where she herself hatched many years before. This video is excerpted from BBC’s Blue Planet II, a natural history series that explores the world's oceans, the animals that live in them, and the threats they face, using modern filming techniques and equipment to capture previously unseen areas of the ocean.
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Q: Why is the turtle heading to a land area to lay the eggs?
A: She cannot lay the eggs in water — it must be done on land. And often turtles try to return to the beach where they hatched or where they laid eggs previously.
Q: What do you notice when you see the beach in the video?
A: There are many, many turtles (hundreds of thousands) who choose to lay their eggs there.
Q: What do the turtles have to do in order to lay their eggs there?
A: They must survive against predators and other potential dangers in order to successfully reach the beach area.
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