RARE SEA TURTLE LAYS 84 EGGS ON BEACH IN TEXAS: GALVESTON ISLAND STATE PARK : KEMPS RIDLEY SEA TURLE

HOUSTON CHRONICAL : RIDLEY SEA TURTLE WORLDS RAREST TURTLE LAYS EGGS  

For the second year in a row, a female Kemps Ridley sea turtle, the smallest of sea turtles that is critically endangered, showed up on a beach at Galveston Island State beach ad laid eggs.  The turtle laying eggs was spotted by a volunteer who works with the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research which is associated with Texas A and M University. Sea turtles usually leave the eggs and go back to sea.  The eggs were collected and taken to Padre Island National Seashore for hatching and release.