Ancients of Earth

There're seven species of turtles in the world & 5 of them can be found in Sri Lanka. They're Haksbill, Green Turtle, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley & Leatherback.

While I was on my way to Galle, I visited a turtle hatchery in Kosgoda. Turtles come out of the sea at night to lay eggs in the beach. The hatchery brings these eggs & buries them in sand within the hatchery where animals can't get at them. Then once they're hatched, the little turtles are released into the ocean. This is being done only during the night time.

Another good place for night patrolling to see the turtles come out of the ocean to lay eggs is in Rekawa.

Turtles have been in existence for a hundred million years & that's even more than 80 million years before the humans first walked this earth.