Green turtle hatchery in Sri Lanka
2009-07-10 03:00:59 GMT2009-07-10 11:00:59 (Beijing Time)
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Green turtles swim in a tank at a turtle hatchery in Kosgoda, north of Galle, July 7, 2009. Of the world's eight turtle species, Sri Lanka is home to five. Turtle hatcheries along the coast provide a way of earning a living for the people running them and also help combating the poaching of turtle eggs. [Agencies]
Two green turtles swim in a tank at a turtle hatchery in Kosgoda, north of Galle, July 7, 2009. [Agencies]
A man displays turtle eggs at a turtle hatchery in Kosgoda, north of Galle, July 7, 2009. [Agencies]
A three-day-old green turtle hatchling makes for the water after being released on a beach in Kosgoda, north of Galle, July 7, 2009. [Agencies]
A man displays a 3-day-old green turtle hatchling before releasing it into the ocean at a turtle hatchery in Kosgoda, north of Galle, July 7, 2009. [Agencies]
Green turtles swim in a tank at a turtle hatchery in Kosgoda, north of Galle, July 7, 2009.
Of the world's eight turtle species, Sri Lanka is home to five. Turtle hatcheries along the coast provide a way of earning a living for the people running them and also help combating the poaching of turtle eggs. [Agencies]