{"id":52341,"date":"2013-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalresorts.com\/blog\/helping-turtles-in-puerto-morelos\/"},"modified":"2021-11-30T16:33:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T16:33:41","slug":"helping-turtles-in-puerto-morelos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/news\/helping-turtles-in-puerto-morelos\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Turtles in Puerto Morelos."},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I have been taking part in turtle conservation programs since I first came to Quintana Roo almost 10 years ago. It may not seem tough, but it involves countless sleepless nights, mosquito bites, getting itchy sand all over your body \u00a0causing irritation and many other discomforts that are well worth it, so much so that I continue doing it as as always: voluntarily. That is, with no other compensation than the satisfaction that comes of doing something \u00a0good.<\/p>\n

A few days ago I had the opportunity \u00a0to visit Puerto Morelos,which is the small fishing town where the Grand Residences project is under construction, \u00a0and a good friend of mine took me to the beach to look for turtles. It was a beautiful night with the moon fading and we found a turtle almost immediately. This turtle was missing one front fin but was strongly determined to lay her eggs in a safe nest\u2026 and she did. Another turtle came out almost in the same spot, went to the top of the dune and made the nest. The three-fin turtle took a lot more time than usual building the nest, and laying the eggs, so much so that both turtles finished at the same time and slowly started their way back to the ocean. As you may know, using a flash when taking pictures of the turtles is forbidden since it can mess with their navigation system (no kidding). Because of that I didn\u2019t bring a camera along with me, so I have to ask that you put your imagination to work and picture a calm sea with two turtles side by side, beautiful moonlight and its reflection on the ocean. It was hypnotizing.<\/p>\n

Sea turtles and products derived from them have been used traditionally for many years. Fortunately, since the 1960\u2019s the Mexican government has devoted time and resources to protect them. During this small walk looking for turtles in Puerto Morelos we were accompanied at all times by Mexican Marines; needles to say we felt safe all the time.\u00a0 The turtles probably didn\u2019t share our feeling, since they don\u2019t know that we won\u2019t hurt them. But we knew turtles were safe as well.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Mexican government \u00a0issued a new law to further protect the turtles. One of its most important articles says that a turtle\u2019s nest shouldn\u2019t be moved unless there is flooding, threat of predators or risk of contamination to the area where the nests has been made. Following this rule, we\u2019ve witnessed the hatching of a nest that had to be moved. Sometimes when there\u2019s only one beach and several turtles, two or more turtles \u00a0make their nests on the exact same place. One green turtle made its nest where a loggerhead turtle had laid its eggs and left a mess behind.\u00a0 . Volunteers saved the remaining eggs and placed them corral where they developed. Unfortunately, only 6 eggs hatched. We were unable to set them free because the umbilical cord was still attached. However, seeing \u00a0them crawl around the corral has been amazing.<\/p>\n

Being able to volunteer in sea turtle conservation programs is one of the most rewarding experiences I\u2019ve ever had. If you are interested, ask the Security staff how to get involved and patrol your resort\u2019s beach during your next stay!<\/p>\n

(Note: The picture is actually from Veracruz many years ago, as I said: taking pictures with flash is forbidden and I didn’t bring a camera with me)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\r\nHelping Turtles in Puerto Morelos. - Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royalresorts.com\/blog\/news\/helping-turtles-in-puerto-morelos\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Helping Turtles in Puerto Morelos. - 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