We in Rocky Point and environs are fortunate to be blessed with such great beaches. I have read recently of sea turtle hatchlings finding their way to beaches of Las Conchas from the Sea of Cortez It took me back to an experience from around a million years ago when I was in my late twenties.
I was visiting relatives at the beach. We were sitting around after dinner when the phone rang. It was a neighbor who proclaimed, “They’re coming in.”
I said, “Who’s coming in and where the heck are they coming from.”
“The turtles” she said, “The turtles are coming in from the ocean to lay eggs.”
I said, “Great I’ll have two over easy.”…
It’s almost as if nature set them up for a limited existence on earth. Although their ancestors have been around for a couple of million years, the tiny (in comparison) Vaquita (Phocoena sinus) porpoise lives in a very small area covering just 4,000 square kilometers of the 177,000 sq. km. Sea of Cortez.