{"id":1601,"date":"2018-08-14T15:06:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T19:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2019-02-01T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T15:24:16","slug":"sea-turtle-hatchling-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/sea-turtle-hatchling-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Turtle Hatchling Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were thrilled to recently attend another successful sea turtle hatchling release on the west coast of Barbados.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_94296\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pptewPRMNIY?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&modestbranding=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Hatchlings which are born during the daytime are in danger from predators and the heat. To improve the hatchlings&#8217; chances of survival,\u00a0\u00a0volunteers of the <strong>Barbados Sea Turtle Project<\/strong> collect them and keep them safe until sunset when they are released on the beach and make their way down to the sea. You can follow the Project on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebstp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/barbadosseaturtle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> to be alerted to releases.<\/p>\n<p>Turtle conservation is taken seriously in Barbados. If you see a nesting female or hatchlings on the beach call the\u00a024hr sea turtle hotline at (246) 230-0142 to report and request assistance.\u00a0Do NOT attempt to assist nesting females and do NOT put the hatchlings into the sea!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1602 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-protection.jpg\" alt=\"Turtle protection in Barbados\" width=\"585\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-protection.jpg 585w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-protection-200x110.jpg 200w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-protection-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To safely interact with adult and juvenile sea turtles you can join a local catamaran cruise or glass bottom boat to swim and snorkel with turtles. <a href=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/swimming-turtles-barbados.htm\"><strong>Click here for options<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1604\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-swimming.jpg\" alt=\"Sea turtle swimming in Barbados\" width=\"585\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-swimming.jpg 585w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/turtle-swimming-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were thrilled to recently attend another successful sea turtle hatchling release on the west coast of Barbados.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,85,434,98],"tags":[303,19],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}