Turtle baby born in a Thai turtle nursery
2009-06-24 05:24:19 GMT2009-06-24 13:24:19 (Beijing Time)
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An albino baby turtle swims with green sea babies turtle in a pond at Khram island, about 30 km (19 miles) from Pattaya, east of Bangkok, Thailand, June 17, 2009. Once the baby turtles' shells are big and strong enough to protect them from various predators at about six-months-old the young turtles are released to the sea.(REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)
A member of the Thai navy cleans a green sea baby turtle at the Sea Turtle Conservation Center Royal Thai Navy in Sattahip, Chonburi province, east of Bangkok, Thailand, June 16, 2009. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)
A Thai navy sailor feeds a hawksbill at the Sea Turtle Conservation Center of the Royal Thai Navy, in Sattahip, Chonburi province, east of Bangkok, Thailand, June 16, 2009. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)
A Thai navy sailor holds an albino green turtle baby at a turtle nursery in Khram island, 30 km (18 miles) from the busy tourist beach town of Pattaya, east of Bangkok, Thailand, June 17, 2009. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)
A Thai navy sailor holds an albino green turtle baby at a turtle nursery in Khram island, 30 km (18 miles) from the busy tourist beach town of Pattaya, east of Bangkok, Thailand, June 17, 2009. (REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom)
Albino green turtle babies were seen at a turtle nursery on Khram island, 30 km (18 miles) from the busy tourist beach town of Pattaya, east of Bangkok, Thailand, June 17, 2009.
Special care is given to around 15,000 green and hawksbill baby turtles hatched and housed at the navy's conservation center each year.
Once the baby turtles' shells are big and strong enough to protect them from various predators at about six-months-old the young turtles are released to the sea.
