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  • In the first rays of the rising morning sun the last emerging hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) have to rush over the beach to reach the ocean before being eaten by a ghost crab or becoming overheated.
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  • In the first rays of the rising morning sun the last emerging hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) have to rush over the beach to reach the ocean before being eaten by a ghost crab or becoming overheated.
    SZA-2009-07-30-082548.jpg
  • In the first rays of the rising morning sun the last emerging hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) have to rush over the beach to reach the ocean before being eaten by a ghost crab or becoming overheated.
    SZA-2009-07-30-082513.jpg
  • The hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) struggle hard to hatch out of their egg shells, emerge from the sand and find their direction once they reached the surface.
    SZA-2009-07-30-081523.jpg
  • The hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) struggle hard to hatch out of their egg shells, emerge from the sand and find their direction once they reached the surface.
    SZA-2009-07-30-081958.jpg
  • The hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) struggle hard to hatch out of their egg shells, emerge from the sand and find their direction once they reached the surface.
    SZA-2009-07-30-081558.jpg
  • The hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) struggle hard to hatch out of their egg shells, emerge from the sand and find their direction once they reached the surface.
    SZA-2009-07-30-081221.jpg
  • In the first rays of the rising morning sun the last emerging hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) have to rush over the beach to reach the ocean before being eaten by a ghost crab or becoming overheated.
    SZA-2009-07-30-081207.jpg
  • The hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) struggle hard to hatch out of their egg shells, emerge from the sand and find their direction once they reached the surface.
    SZA-2009-07-30-080635.jpg
  • The hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) struggle hard to hatch out of their egg shells, emerge from the sand and find their direction once they reached the surface.
    SZA-2009-07-30-080431.jpg
  • The hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) struggle hard to hatch out of their egg shells, emerge from the sand and find their direction once they reached the surface.
    SZA-2009-07-30-075239.jpg
  • The hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) struggle hard to hatch out of their egg shells, emerge from the sand and find their direction once they reached the surface.
    SZA-2009-07-30-075211.jpg
  • The hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) struggle hard to hatch out of their egg shells, emerge from the sand and find their direction once they reached the surface.
    SZA-2009-07-30-075157.jpg
  • When emerging from the nest after nearly two months of incubation the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings leave characteristic patterns of tracks in the soft sand.
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  • When emerging from the nest after nearly two months of incubation the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings leave characteristic patterns of tracks in the soft sand.
    SZA-2009-07-30-063146.jpg
  • The Nile soft-shelled turtle (Trionyx triunguis) lives in the brackish waters of the Dalyan Delta, where it grows up to a body length of slightly more than 1 metre.
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  • The adult loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are often accompanied by remora (Remora remora) , also called suckerfish, which feed from leftovers when the sea turtle crunches crabs .
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  • The adult loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are often overgrown by algea and accompanied by remora (Remora remora) , also called suckerfish, which feed from leftovers when the sea turtle crunches crabs .
    SZA-2009-07-25-064826.jpg
  • The Nile soft-shelled turtle (Trionyx triunguis) lives in the brackish waters of the Dalyan Delta, where it grows up to a body length of slightly more than 1 metre.
    SZA-2009-07-23-065831.jpg
  • In the late afternoon the ghost crabs, also called sand crabs (Ocypode cursor) emerge from their sand burrows to patrol the beach, franticly running back and forth to avoid the waves and to constantly probe the sand for food with their sensitive pincers. A sea turtle hatchling coming in their way is doomed.
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  • In the late afternoon the ghost crabs, also called sand crabs (Ocypode cursor) emerge from their sand burrows to patrol the beach, franticly running back and forth to avoid the waves and to constantly probe the sand for food with their sensitive pincers. A sea turtle hatchling coming in their way is doomed.
    SZA-2009-08-15-155121.jpg
  • At Cirali Beach the nests of the Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) are caged by volunteers which guard the beach at night. Leaflets inform tourists and local people not to disturb or destroy the nests by digging or setting up sun umbrellas.
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  • Soon the hatchling loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) will be safe from the ghost crabs and the fast growing heat of the rising morning sun.
    SZA-2009-08-06-051848.jpg
  • Soon the hatchling loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) will be safe from the ghost crabs and the fast growing heat of the rising morning sun.
    SZA-2009-07-30-174508.jpg
  • The hatchlings of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) struggle hard to hatch out of their egg shells, emerge from the sand and find their direction once they reached the surface.
    SZA-2009-07-30-074710.jpg
  • The Nile soft-shelled turtle (Trionyx triunguis) lives in the brackish waters of the Dalyan Delta, where it grows up to a body length of slightly more than 1 metre.
    SZA-2009-07-25-111513.jpg
  • Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo Graeca)<br />
RANGE: E Balklands south of Danube to Macedonia, European Turkey, Islands of Thasos, Samothrace, Euboa & Sicily, Italy, S. Spain, N Africa, Asia Minor & Middle East to Iran.<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.
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  • The Balkan loach (Cobitis elongata) is a fish in the Cobitidae family. It is found in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, and Turkey. Its status is insufficiently known. Photographed in Danube Delta, Romania.
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  • The Balkan loach (Cobitis elongata) is a fish in the Cobitidae family. It is found in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, and Turkey. Its status is insufficiently known. Photographed in Danube Delta, Romania.
    MLU_20130619_103635_70.jpg
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