Adopt a Turtle Nest!

Over the course of our time working in Darien, Panama, we have released thousands of baby turtles back to sea. Since the turtle eggs are a food source for the local people, we have set up an arrangement for turtle eggs to be collected, reburied in a protected area, and a fee paid so as to purchase chicken eggs instead. No one can describe the joy of witnessing the hatchlings headed out to sea to face the treacherous challenge of life.

The Turtle Preservation project is really continuing to thrive! We now have the capacity to adopt 150-250 nests, and we need the help of people like you to make that happen! If you are interested in becoming an adoptive parent, please let us know. For a $20 donation, you will receive a BAB certificate of adoption of a nest, along with an attached tagua (vegetable ivory) carved turtle, while helping to ensure this program’s continued growth. For $20 you will be helping to release 100-150 baby sea turtles into the sea.    

Check out the turtle facts and slideshow below to see what an enormous difference your contribution makes!

Sea Turtle Facts

Here are some interesting facts about Sea Turtles!

-Turtles age back from the Triassic age, 200 million years ago.

-Baby sea turtles circle their nest once after hatching before heading toward the ocean.

-The leatherback turtle is the largest sea turtle at 6 and a half feet long and weighing up to 1,500 lb.

-The soft shelled turtle uses it’s long tip nose and nostrils like a snorkel to breath under water.

-The green sea turtle can stay under water for over five hours without coming up for air.

-Once a male sea turtle hatches and enters the ocean, it will probably not step on land again.

-A female turtle laying eggs will dig several empty nests to throw off predators trying to eat the eggs.

-When in danger the green turtle can swim almost 20 miles an hour to escape.

-When in the eggs, turtles take about 2 months to incubate and their sex is determined by the temperature. Under 29 degrees they become male, over 29 degrees they become female.

-Only one out of one hundred sea turtles survive to adulthood.

Turtle Preservation Slideshow