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SEA TURTLE EGGS READY TO HATCH

A MOTHER SEA TURTLE DIGS A BURROW --MAKES A NEST THEN LAYS 100-EGGS OR MORE:
AFTER 70-DAYS THEY WILL ALL HATCH AND INSTINCTIVELY MAKE THERE WAY TO SHORE:
THIS CIRCLE OF LIFE HAS REINVENTED ITSELF IN NATURE FOR MORE THAN A THOUSAND YEARS:
NOW FOR THERE SURVIVAL MAN HAS TO INTERFERE:

MAN WILL DIG UP THE NEAR HATCHED EGGS ABOUT 5-DAYS BEFORE THEY WOULD NATURALLY HATCH --THEN RUSH TO THE SEA:
PUT THEM SO CAREFULLY IN AN INCUBATOR SO THAT THEY CAN HATCH AND LIVE OIL FREE:
IN NATURE ALL ON THERE OWN THEY ARE HELPLESS AND ALONE:
THE OCEAN IS THERE SAFE HAVEN THERE HOME:

IF THEY ARE BORN AND RUSH TO THE OCEAN:
BECAUSE OF THE OIL IN THE WATER TO THERE DEATH THEY WILL REACH THEN:
SO MAN IS TRYING TO SAVE THESE UNHATCHED BABY SEA TURTLES:
TRYING TO GET THEM PAST THIS MAN MADE HURDDLE:

THE BEAUTIFUL OCEAN THAT IS THERE NATURAL HABITAT HAS BECOME POLLUTED WITH OIL:
THE LIVLIHOOD OF THESE BABY TURTLES IS SPOILED:
MAN IS TRYING TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A BABY TURTLE NOT YET BORN:
IT LEAVES YOU WITH A HEART FEELING GOOD AND WARM:

THE BEAUTY OF NATURE IS BOUNDLESS IN ITS WORTH:
MAN MUST UNITE AND PROTECT OUR PRECIOUS MOTHER EARTH:

10--JULY-2010:
JOHN D. JUNGERS


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SEA TURTLE EGGS READY TO HATCH