The arribada, or mass nesting, is an evolved survival strategy—by overwhelming predators with sheer numbers during a synchronized pulse, more hatchlings survive. Turtle Excluder Devices, or TEDs, are escape hatches in trawl nets that allow turtles to swim free while retaining shrimp. I've spent monsoon nights counting eggs under a red lamp, but it was seeing a hatchling from our hatchery finally scramble into the surf that cemented this truth for me: the real marvel isn't the spectacle of lakhs arriving, but the staggering odds overcome by each one that returns.
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