What can people do to keep turtles safe when visiting the beach? If you see a large loggerhead turtle crawling up the beach, take care not to disturb her as she digs her nest. Once she has dug her nest, you may watch quietly from behind as she drops the eggs into the nest and covers them. Any movement, light or sound may send her back to the ocean without nesting. No lights or flash photography is allowed. Allow her to return to the ocean undisturbed. If you see hatchlings making their way to the ocean from their nest during the night, do not pick them up. Call the police non-emergency number 843-886-6522 or the DNR hotline at 800-922-5431. Do not shine white lights on them because artificial lights can disorient them and lead them away from the water. If they fail to find the sea, they will die from dehydration or be found by predators. When should a person fill in a beach hole, and how deep does the hole need to be to affect the turtle? Any hole on the beach is a danger to adult or hatchling turtles. Large holes can trap or injure nesting loggerheads on their way to nesting places. Even a shallow hole a few inches deep can trap tiny hatchlings. If you see holes that have been dug, especially between marked nests and the ocean, fill them in. Or if they are too deep to fill, call the police and tell them the location. When you visit the beach, fill in any holes you dig if they are below the high tide line. CAMPING PAPA HERO UNCONDITIONAL ROLEMODEL LOVE SOCKS MENTOR WORKSHOP APPRECIATION TOOLS PROVIDER HUGS FUNNY PROTECTOR CELEBRATION BRAVE TIE DAD BARBECUE happy Father's day 31 IslandVibesIOP.com FUN & GAMES ISLE OF PALMS CROSSWORD PUZZLE Kids' Corner Turtle Tutorial By Kimberlyn Naylor ACROSS 1. Gem 5. Dry stream bed 10. Presentation 14. Black 15. Sanskrit language 16. Declare 17. OJ brand 19. Interbreeding population within a species 20. Furrow 21. Vegetable 23. Dickens' "__ of Two Cities" 26. FBI employees 28. 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Hoopla JUNE 2025 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 www.CrosswordWeaver.com ACROSS 1 Gem 5 Dry stream bed 10 Presentation 14 Black 15 Sanskrit language 16 Declare 17 OJ brand 19 Interbreeding population within a species 20 Furrow 21 Vegetable 23 Dickens' "__ of Two Cities" (2 wds.) 26 FBI employees 28 Charged particle 31 Pat lightly 32 Martin Luther King Jr., for example 33 Celibate 34 Follower 37 Agricultural student 39 Pine 40 Past 42 Where you were at crime time 45 Losers 49 Affirmation 50 Bunches 53 Annoy 54 Moray 55 Wants 56 Black 58 Representative 60 Saute 61 Pennsylvania (abbr.) 63 High school ceremony 69 U.S. Department of Agriculture 70 Swiss mathematician 71 Women's magazine 72 Tryout 73 Spools 74 Killed DOWN 1 Radioactivity unit 2 Kimono sash 3 Not pro 4 Gripping surface 5 Quicken 6 Point 7 Deoxyribonucleic acid (abbr.) 8 Twerp 9 Sir Philip __ (english poet) 10 Pedestal part 11 Dusk 12 Mater 13 IOU part 18 Second day of the wk. 22 Center of much political dispute 23 Sum 24 Thai 25 Abdominal muscles (abbr.) 26 Discount 27 Before (prefix) 29 French "yes" 30 North northeast 32 Car speed 35 Car 36 Eave hanger in winter 38 African antelope 40 Knocks (2 wds.) 41 Hellos 42 Popeye's yes 43 Downwind 44 Isles 45 Madagascar franc (abbr.) 46 River (Spanish) 47 Sea eagle 48 Heavens 51 Having more length 52 Unfaithful 56 Epoch 57 Groups of eight bits 59 Annoying insect 60 Stoles 61 Position 62 Compass point 64 Lager 65 Delaware 66 Ailing 67 Bullfight cheer 68 Unused MAY 2025 Solution: ROCK WAD I S DEMO E B O N H I N D I A V OW MI NUTEMA I D DEME R U T O N I O N ATALE SPIES ION DAB MARTYR NUN DISCIPLE AGGIE A C H E T H E N A L I B I F A I L U R E S Y E S C L U M P S I R K EEL LONGS EBONY A G E N T F R Y PENN GRADUAT I ON USDA EULER ELLE TEST REELS SLEW What time of day do turtles crawl onto the beach? Mother turtles nest during the night, but you might see one returning to the ocean as it is getting light. Hatchlings leave the nest during the night as well but sometimes are seen at dusk or dawn. Any other things that people should know about the beach and sea turtles? Disturbing or digging into a sea turtle nest is illegal and prohibited by state and federal law. Nesting turtles leave tracks that are 2-feet wide. If there are X marks drawn across the tracks, that means they have already been found and documented by the IOP Turtle Team. Plastic trash and other manmade litter on the beach and in our oceans are a serious threat to sea turtles. Help out by picking up and disposing of trash properly. Please remember these suggestions the next time you visit the beach!
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