Turtle Watch

Last night we went on a turtle hatchling watch with the St. Croix Environmental Association at Sandy Pointe. It was Awe-mazing. Even my spirited child was calm watching the tiny leatherback turtles emerge from the beach. We got to hold them and feel their amazing little flippers stroke. I learned a lot about them, but the  most interesting was that the mamas have sperm storage to stagger fertilization of five to six batches of eggs. Is that stored sperm all from one male? Apparently that depends on the female and how promiscuous she is.