Jean ROBERT Nature and Travel Photography

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It takes about 8 weeks to incubate in the sand for the eggs hatch. Small turtles wait until the temperature drops to emerge and reach the ocean. This race takes place usually at night, thus reducing the number of predators on the beach. Mayotte island, France<br /> Il faut environ 8 semaines d incubation dans le sable pour que les oeufs eclosent. Les petites tortues attendent que la temperature baisse pour emerger et rejoindre l ocean. Cette course se deroule en general de nuit, ce qui diminue le nombre de predateurs sur la plage.
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It takes about 8 weeks to incubate in the sand for the eggs hatch. Small turtles wait until the temperature drops to emerge and reach the ocean. This race takes place usually at night, thus reducing the number of predators on the beach. Mayotte island, France
Il faut environ 8 semaines d incubation dans le sable pour que les oeufs eclosent. Les petites tortues attendent que la temperature baisse pour emerger et rejoindre l ocean. Cette course se deroule en general de nuit, ce qui diminue le nombre de predateurs sur la plage.
Mayotte Swimming with turtles
  • sea turtle
  • sea turtles
  • turtle
  • turtles
  • tropical
  • ocean
  • sea
  • sealife
  • chelonia mydas
  • green sea turtle
  • reptile
  • reptiles
  • swimming
  • endangered species
  • herpetology
  • zoology
  • Mayotte island
  • France
  • indian ocean
  • comoros island

© Jean ROBERT Nature and Travel Photography |Contact |French photographer and journalist, Jean Robert has stepped foot in more than 100 countries the last ten years. He is currently in charge of the travel section of the french magazine Terre Sauvage (www.terre-sauvage.com), the biggest french magazine about nature and he travels more than 10 days each month in a different country looking for nature, ecotourism or outdoor subjects. He did some reports about the Chernobyl effects on the environnement, worked on the arsenic poisoning waters problems in Bangladesh and climbed Mount Kilimandjaro, Mount Kenya and Mount Ruwenzori in Ouganda to shoot the last ices of Africa. Born in the Alps, Jean Robert did a lot of climbing and skiing.
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