A green turtle, weighing nearly 100 kg and tagged in Malaysia, traveled to Con Dao Turtle Conservation to lay its eggs in year 2024 Con Dao turtle season
On the night of April 22, a green turtle weighing between 90-100 kg crawled up to the sandy beach of Bay Canh Island Turtle Conservation in Con Dao to nest and lay eggs in the 2024 Con Dao turtle season. During this event, rangers and turtle conservation volunteers from Con Dao Turtle Conservation National Park, while assisting the turtle, noticed a tracking tag from Malaysia on it. Con Dao Turtle Conservation is approximately 550 km away from Kuala Terengganu, the nearest city in Malaysia.
According to a park official, the turtle is about 40 years old. The tag clearly showed its country of origin, but other symbols had faded, making it impossible to read all the information.
Six years ago, another female turtle, tagged in Indonesia, had come to Con Dao Turtle Conservation to lay eggs during Con Dao turtle season.
Last year, during Con Dao turtle season, the beaches of Con Dao welcomed more than 2,700 Con Dao turtles’ nests.
The green turtle Con Dao, commonly known as “vích” (Chelonia mydas), is one of seven species of sea turtles Con Dao currently found and breeding in Con Dao. Con Dao District serves as the primary nesting site for 90% of these turtles in Vietnam. All mother turtles Con Dao are tagged. From 2018 to 2023, an average of over 145,000 turtle hatchlings Con Dao have been successfully hatched and released into the sea each Con Dao turtle season..
The seven recognized species of sea turtles include the green turtle Con Dao (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), flatback (Natator depressus), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea), and Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempi). All these species are listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and all except the flatback are listed in Appendices I and II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
Source: https://vnexpress.net/vich-gan-100-kg-tu-malaysia-den-con-dao-de-trung-4737725.html
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