Breeding season of Brazilian turtles

More than 200,000 new baby turtles were born in Brazil, during the annual incubation and hatching of South American river turtles in the area.

About 210,000 baby turtles of the South American river turtle (Podocnemis expansa ) were born in the breeding season in Brazil.According to the Wildlife Conservation Researchers (WCS) researchers, hatching eggs and hatching large eggs is an annual activity of this turtle.

In the dry season, in the Purs river basin, west of Brazil, hundreds of thousands of baby turtles will come out of the eggshell.To control the number of turtles, check the survival rate and activities of this turtle for many years, the researchers assembled turtles in mesh fences and marked with tracking pieces.

The marked turtles will provide important research information to help experts plan this species conservation.Camila Ferrara, a turtle expert, said the South American river turtle was hunted for meat and eggs.The number may be seriously threatened if they are not protected from excessive hunting.

According to WCS, only a small number of newborn babies survive and survive to adulthood.Turtles often lay eggs in large numbers to maintain population and race.In the picture is a baby turtle crawling out of the eggshell.

An adult turtle has a body length of about 80cm to 1 meter.