The Lost Years of Sea Turtles

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Sea turtles imprint on where they were born. That's why they go back to do their breeding and nesting again. Is that reproductively good or bad? In a population that has very low numbers of turtles, it's possible. If there's a large enough population, I don't think we have an issue with inbreeding. But if we're talking about 10 females and 10 males, maybe a little bit of a problem.

If you think you like sea turtles, get ready to become wildly obsessed with them. Cheloniologist Dr. Camryn Allen met up with Alie on a tropical island (ok, in a hotel room on a tropical island) to chat about flipper slappings, turtle rodeos, nesting BBs, current surfing, endangered statuses, field work, sleeping under water, world records, boopable noses, male:female ratios, mind-boggling navigation, what you can do to help them, and the many mysteries that still remain. Take a deep dive into the world of seartles. Or is it surtles?

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