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As egg-laying females must deposit their eggs on the beach and bury them in the sand, poachers often allow turtles to lay their eggs on the beach, then kill the turtles and harvest their eggs. These animals and their eggs are then sold on black markets in coastal West African communities for subsistence and use in traditional customs. [8]
Its diet includes other fish, shrimp, crayfish, frogs, turtle eggs, aquatic invertebrates such as worms and insects, and occasionally detritus. [3] An old document from 1958 claimed M. albus is capable of moving over dry land, but many years of study found no evidence for this. [3] [7]
Guilinggao (Chinese: 龜苓膏; pinyin: Guīlínggāo), literal translated as tortoise jelly (though not technically correct) or turtle powder, is a jelly-like Chinese medicine, also sold as a dessert.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now classifies eggs as a “healthy, nutrient-dense" food, according to a new proposed rule. Registered dietitians react to the change.
In many South Asian provinces, freshwater turtles and their eggs are commonly used as a source of protein-rich food. There's also a common myth of turtle meat and eggs having aphrodisiac quality. [17] [18] As a result, these turtles are often exploited as a source of profit. In Bangladesh and India, this is especially evident as the Indian ...
As Hurricane Beryl approached Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula this week, officials scrambled to evacuate an especially vulnerable group - sea turtle eggs.. Mexican officials moved to save the eggs on ...
About 50% of female sea turtles complete "false crawls," which occur when they crawl onto the beach but return to the water without laying eggs.
In Mexico, turtle eggs are a common meal; locals claim the egg is an aphrodisiac. [87] Eating turtle eggs or meat can cause serious illness due to harmful bacteria, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Serratia marcescens, and high levels of toxic metals that build up through bioaccumulation. [86] [88]