We are two interns at the
MCSS currently working on the temporal protected area project with the help of
our project leader, Vanessa. Our aim is to collect and analyse data from the
main sea turtle nesting beaches and try to make it a protected area. To achieve
this, we are helping on patrolling the beaches to find tracks (turtles,
anthropogenic, other animals…) and checking the recorded turtle nests, to check
the hatching success.
When a nest has hatched,we excavate the nest and count
the number of hatched eggs, the predated ones and the ones that didn’t make it
and we collect the data .
When we get some luck, as we did on the last Tuesday,
we can witness the nest hatching and help the baby turtles get to the water
safely by removing obstacles in their
path and guiding them as they make their imprints on the way to the sea, we can
count them directly…although this can be a bit difficult ! However that
was an incredible experience, something we thought we would never see !
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| one of the many little ones! |
The other part of the time,
we help at the office by taking care of the giant tortoises and the center
itself. Finally part of our job is to raise awareness about the Seychelles
wildlife by giving tours to the tourists and children by organising presentations
and short workshops at the schools.
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| Breakfast time! |
