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American scientists are having a headache because almost every sea turtle born in Florida over the past 4 years has been female, all because of the hot weather!
Theo The Guardian, This has scientists very worried that the precious sea turtle population will shrink because there are no more males, in addition, the hot weather caused by climate change is something that can continue for a long time.
A baby sea turtle at the Sea Turtle Hospital – (Photo: REUTERS)
The US National Oceanic Administration explains: “If a turtle’s egg is incubated below 27 degrees Celsius, it will hatch into a male. If incubated above 31 degrees Celsius, it will hatch into a female. Normally, the natural temperature fluctuations between the two extremes will ensure that the species has both males and females. Yet on Florida’s beaches, the past four summers have been the hottest on record.“.
Warm sand also contributes to the “extermination” of sea turtles males from the egg, while data shows that intense heat waves caused by the climate crisis are significantly warming the world’s sand beaches, according to CNN.
The agency warned that as the Earth experiences climate change, rising temperatures could also kill turtles. The same could happen to other reptiles.
“You’re going to see a huge decline in their numbers because we don’t have the genetic diversity. We don’t have the male-female ratio that’s needed to breed successfully.” – Melissa Rosales Rodriguez, sea turtle caretaker at Zoo Miami’s Sea Turtle Hospital explains.
Sea Turtle Hospital is also having to deal with a series of cases. bệnh fibropapillomatosisa deadly disease that causes turtles to develop cauliflower-like tumors all over their bodies, including their eyes and mouths, and even in their internal organs.
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