Any baby’s first steps are always an unforgettable moment. This is especially true of baby animals making their way out into the world for the very first time.
Just taken this magnificent video of a whole bunch of baby sea turtles starting their epic journey out into the ocean for the first time. Mother nature, without a doubt, knows how to make magic happen!
At the start, all these precious little sea turtle babies are just trying to break through the sand. At first, a few of them do, and then a few more, and then some more. Then, suddenly, there are hundreds of them all making their way through the sand and towards the ocean.
It is not an easy journey. They have to make their way through the course, hot sand, with some of them tripping and tumbling over each other, before they eventually reach the wet sand. With the ocean so close, they can practically begin to feel its presence, a power onward.
Eventually, the sand becomes so wet, they can almost swim in it. And that is when the tide begins the come in and the waves reach these intrepid baby turtles, the mighty ocean has introduced itself to them, and their magnificent journey continues out into the sea.
How Baby Sea Turtles Find the Sea
To say that these baby sea turtles’ journey into the water was epic and majestic is an understatement. Part of what makes their journey so incredible is how dangerous it is.
There are plenty of predators who can stop them before they reach the water. There is also a chance that they could become disoriented and end up heading in the wrong direction entirely.
Since sea turtle hatchlings use the natural light horizon, which is normally just over the ocean, as they are guiding light to find the sea, other light sources, such as streetlights, lights from cars, and other types of beachfront lighting, and disorient them, causing them to head in the wrong direction.
Thankfully, the sea turtle hatchlings in this video did not encounter any of those and were able to complete their journey to the sea without running into any predators.
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