ocean turtle famously return to the same spot year after year to travail their nests and lay their eggs , the very spot where they themselves hatch and drag their midget behind to the sea many year before .
Having avoid being beak off by predators and surviving the fabulously improbable journey into intimate maturity – only1 in 1,000 hatchlings surviveinto maturity – what bump when a ocean turtle make its manner back to its nesting beach only to discover that beach no longer exist ?
A rather sad report out of the Maldives relays this very problem , as a returning meaning green ocean polo-neck was found laying its ball on the tarmac of a freshly built landing strip on what was a historically popular nesting situation on Maafaru island , in the Noonu atoll in the Maldives .
harmonise to local Maldives news outletThe Edition , the turtle made its way onto the runway and laid its eggs anyway , possibly confusing the tender tarmac with the tender sand it was expect . However , it also report that despite the bleak circumstances the polo-neck was returned to the sea by locals and was last see in in force wellness .
A source from the island ’s council told The Edition : “ Despite the building of the runway , the frequency with which turtles visit the island for nesting function has not diminish . ”
However , this story highlights the increase job of human expanding upon in even incredibly remote places affecting local zoology through home ground loss , especially for creatures like the sea turtleneck , which is considered peril by theIUCN Red List .
Maafaru airport is still under construction , but the runway already takes up 2,200 meter ( 7,200 feet ) of the tiny atoll , and when it is fetch up , which is think to be this summertime , it will be able to accommodate six aircraft the size of Boeing 737s . There are further plans for a hotel and stamping ground .
TheAbu Dhabi Fund for maturation - fund airdrome , which reportedly be $ 60 million , was a talent from the United Arab Emiratesaccording toformer Maldives president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom .
