• Five out of the seven marine turtle species around the world are listed as Endangered.
  • A female turtle can lay up to 120 eggs in one nest and can nest up to 3-4 times in one season.
  • This project is currently tracking 24 female Hawksbill turtles from UAE, Oman, Qatar and Iran.
  • Fishermen can now use turtle excluder devices to prevent accidental capture of marine turtles.

Yes, however they can’t see that well on land. It is much like the human eye in reverse. If we open our eyes underwater we can see, but it is out of focus and hazy. Turtles see like that on land, and they see as well as humans do on land, when they are swimming underwater.