Coronavirus helps rare turtles return to Phuket

Coronavirus helps rare turtles return to Phuket
Coronavirus helps rare turtles return to Phuket
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The lack of tourists allowed the marine life to occupy the beaches that were chosen by people.

The introduction of quarantine in Thailand due to the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions on the movement of people, including tourists, allowed sea animals to return to the beaches. In Phuket, which is a popular resort, leatherback turtles have begun to lay their eggs on deserted beaches.

As the director of the Phuket Marine Biological Center, Kongkiat Kittivatanawong, explained to Reuters, when tourists disappeared and the number of fishermen dropped dramatically, the turtles no longer risk being killed in fishing tackle or killed by humans. As a result, for the first time in the past 5 years, amphibians laid eggs on the beaches of Phuket, and 11 nests discovered became a record number over the past 20 years.

The head of the Sea Turtle Fund, Mai Kao Kanokwan Homcha-ai, emphasized that in addition to rare amphibians (leatherback turtles are the largest modern turtles and are endangered), an increase in other marine animals, dolphins and dugongs has been noted in the region.

Recall that in other countries of the world, wild animals also increased their activity in cities - jaguars, crocodiles and turtles were seen in popular resorts in Mexico, wild boars appeared in the Israeli city of Haifa, deer - in the suburbs of London, wild goats were found in Wales, and in For the first time in the last century, wolves appeared in Normandy.

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