00:03Sunset on the Lagoon
00:08Cool
00:13Dark
00:19Mother Turtle has been waiting for this
00:32Day temperature would be 35 degrees
00:36Now it's an easy 20
00:43She digs a nest above the high water mark
00:46So her eggs don't wash away
01:00She drops 100 of them
01:14Her timing is good
01:15And this spot has been specially chosen
01:2140 years ago
01:23She hatched on this exact beach
01:26And in one of the ocean's greatest mysteries
01:30She returns to lay her eggs
01:32Right here too
01:46A thick layer of sand protects the eggs from predators
01:50And the sun
01:53This is the last thing she'll do for her babies
02:06The tide has receded
02:10She now has even further to go
02:30Her hatchling's sex is determined by the temperature of the eggs
02:36Warmer means more females
02:41Soon
02:41Viable breeding males will be harder to find
02:46The End
02:47The End
02:50The End
02:51The End
02:52The End
02:54The End
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