在哥斯达黎加海滩上，志愿者守护着濒危棱皮龟的每一颗蛋
Under a sky thick with stars, a group of volunteers walks slowly along a dark stretch of beach in Costa Rica. Their red headlamps cast a faint glow, avoiding the white light that can disorient sea turtles. These individuals are part of an international effort to protect one of the ocean's most ancient travelers: the leatherback turtle.
Every year, between October and March, female leatherbacks haul their heavy bodies onto this same stretch of Pacific sand. They dig a deep nest, deposit around eighty eggs, and then vanish back into the surf. But their journey is increasingly risky — poachers hunt the eggs for black markets, and rising temperatures threaten to skew the sex ratio of hatchlings.
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