Between mid-December and early January, millions of baby river turtles emerged from the sandy beaches of the Amazon’s Guaporé/Inténez River.
Located along the border between Brazil and Bolivia, this stretch of river beaches is home to the largest aggregation of nesting turtles in the world.Annual nesting of Giant South American river turtles along the Guaporé/Inténez River in the Amazon.
The reptiles are giant South American river turtles. With adults reaching 3½ feet long and weighing 200 pounds, they are the largest freshwater turtle species in Latin America. Nesting for the turtles began in late September when approximately 80,000 adult female turtles gathered on the river beaches along the river.
Adult female turtles burrow themselves into the sand to lay their eggs along the Guaporé/Inténez River. "The annual nesting and hatching of the giant South American river turtle is one Earth’s great natural spectacles," said Camila Ferrara, aquatic turtle specialist for the
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