{"id":5827,"date":"2025-07-30T10:22:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T08:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/blog\/54-sea-turtles-hatch-from-an-unregistered-nest-on-almassora-beach\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:57:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:57:22","slug":"54-sea-turtles-hatch-from-an-unregistered-nest-on-almassora-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/54-sea-turtles-hatch-from-an-unregistered-nest-on-almassora-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"54 Sea Turtles Hatch from an Unregistered Nest on Almassora Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"i1\"><strong>Technicians from the Oceanogr\u00e0fic Foundation and the University of Valencia have found 128 eggs and 11 neonates, which have been transferred to the ARCA del Mar (Sea Ark) at the Oceanogr\u00e0fic<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-61465 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Las-11-tortugas-encontradas-en-el-nido-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The lifeguard service on Benafel\u00ed beach, in Almassora (Castell\u00f3n), reported the presence of a hatching sea turtle nest this Tuesday. The activation of the protocol allowed for the immediate intervention of technicians from the University of Valencia and the Oceanogr\u00e0fic Foundation, who confirmed the laying and rescued several specimens. <\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-61467 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Una-de-las-tortugas-encontradas-en-la-playa-de-Almassora-576x1024-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">In total, 128 eggs have been located. 54 have hatched correctly, with 43 hatchlings that had already made their way to the sea on their own and 11 that were found in the nest, still active. The latter have been transferred to the Oceanogr\u00e0fic in Valencia, where, after passing the usual veterinary check-up, they are now swimming in a tank of the ARCA del Mar, specially equipped for neonates, under the close supervision of the Conservation team of the Oceanogr\u00e0fic Foundation.  <\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-61468 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Uno-de-los-ejemplares-de-la-primera-eclosion-de-nido-de-tortuga-de-la-temporada-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The remaining 74 eggs that were part of the nest did not develop.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">This new finding confirms the frequency of <i>Caretta caretta<\/i> layings on the Valencian coast, a phenomenon that experts link to rising sea temperatures and the adaptation of the species to new breeding areas.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The Oceanogr\u00e0fic Foundation emphasizes the importance of citizen collaboration in these cases, and reminds the public that, in the event of any sighting of a turtle nest hatching, they should contact 112 to ensure the activation of the protocol and protect the specimens.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technicians from the Oceanogr\u00e0fic Foundation and the University of Valencia have found 128 eggs and 11&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5892,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5827\/revisions\/5892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionoceanografic.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}