82 healthy green sea turtles hatch at SeaWorld in San Diego

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The population of endangered green sea turtles at SeaWorld in San Diego grew by 82 in October when a group of eggs hatched on the park’s Shipwreck Beach without human help.

The park announced the news Monday.

Assistant curator of fishes Tim Downing says they haven’t had such happy turtle news at SeaWorld since 2003, when 21 sea turtles were born with the help of park staff.

This time, the park let nature take its course and didn’t incubate the eggs. The babies started poking through their pingpong ball-sized eggs on Oct. 5. Since then, they’ve been getting a diet of squid, krill, shrimp and special pellets.

Downing says the babies are in excellent health and should go on display at the park before the end of the year.



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