The key sentence is buried in the story but here it is:
"As of May 24, 2011, 155 Kemps ridley turtle nests had been spotted on Texas shores — more than in all of last year and more than had been counted by that day in 2009 and 2008. The same is true for some other sea turtle species,..."More turtle nests had been counted by May 24, 2011, than all of the three previous years. I cannot make this stuff up.
The rest of the article was gibberish about how we won't know the effect of the oil spill on these turtles for 20 years. Looks like life-long employment for at least one biologist: 20 years is about how long a career lasts these days.
It should be noted that turtles, alligators, and crocodiles survived the meteor that hit the earth wiping out the dinosaurs.
Just saying.
Sounds like the post spill fishing hiatus have the turtles some breathing room to recover.
ReplyDeleteYes, the reporter failed to discuss why so many more turtles (at least I didn't see much along that line, but I read these articles quickly, so often miss things).
ReplyDeleteI certainly got the impression the editor sent the reporter down to get the story and expected an entirely different result. The whole article seems to have been written with a different outcome expected.