Section 81 Leatherback turtles

The ruins of Belis, located on the island of Olosega beach stretching to the shallow seabed, Belis means the land of gems in the Mu language, and tourists visit the ruins of Belis, there is nothing to see. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, at the feet of tourists, is the world's largest sapphire deposit, the world's fourth largest emerald deposit, at the same time in the foot of the ground rich in agate gemstones, rubies and other gemstones, many media have reported, the Middle East oil, the gems of the Manua Islands, the gems of the Manua Islands is here, the underground under the feet of tourists, the entire Ofu Island-Olosega Island area is the world's largest gem mineral reserves area, think of these, tourists will have a different feeling.

Visitors to the Manua Islands will first pay $40 for a package ticket to visit the three ruins of the Mu'an civilization, which is famous for its excavation of the remains of the prehistoric Mu'an civilization.

Of course, there are many places to visit in the Manua Islands, and the first advice for tourists in the tour guide is to take a walk along the ring road of Taou Island, which starts in Newport Town, follows the northern coastline to Maya, and then along the eastern coastline in Maya to Crescent Point,......。

The whole is to walk around the island, it takes three to four hours, you will find that there are a lot of harvests, bathed in the world's most 'empty' sky, blowing a slight sea breeze, the sea is very open, like a pure land-like place, your mood has suddenly become comfortable and open, there are 3 or 4 hours, you can enjoy these to your heart's content.

Other tips for tourists are that soaking up the sun on the white sand, surfing, playing games ,......, beach volleyball is a very good idea.

Find a professional diving instructor to teach you diving, experience the fun of underwater diving, and at the same time, you can also watch the sea creatures under the sea through the diving goggles, all kinds of sea creatures are like sea spirits in the clear, soft sand of the bottom of the sea swinging gracefully,......。

The Manua Islands are lonely in the ocean, and the nearby waters are known as the Museum of Marine Biodiversity, diving on the bottom of the sea, if you are very lucky, you will see some new marine species, some exotic sea creatures, for example, a fish named yellow clownfish, yellow, colored, with two very small fins in front and two very large fins in the back, which can walk slowly on the bottom of the sea, especially the expression of this fish, with its mouth upward and its eyes squinting, can contribute an emoji,......, As soon as this fish was published on the Internet by biologists, it immediately laughed at friends all over the world.

The clownfish is one of the new marine species discovered in this area, and marine biologists have discovered a total of 17 new species in the waters near the Manua Islands, greatly enriching the planet's biological species bank.

Many of the world's marine life documentaries are filmed in this area.

Because the sea area near the Manua Islands is just at the intersection of two ocean currents, a large number of nutrients are brought here by the seawater, and a large number of fish and marine life are attracted to this sea area, therefore, this sea area not only has a rich variety of marine life, but also a large number of marine life ecological groups composed of a large number of coral reefs and barrier reefs as the habitat environment of marine life,......。

This area is home to the world's largest ecosystem of marine life,......。

Moreover, the shooting effect is very good here, there are a large number of coral reefs, barrier reefs, reefs are rugged, the sun is shining, the sea water is very clear, the bottom of the sea is paved with fine soft sand, the sunlight penetrates to the bottom of the sea, forming patches of light, the sea water is rich in nutrients and overgrown with aquatic plants,......。

Many marine biologists come to this area to study marine life,......。

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As mentioned in the guidebook, it is a very good idea to go to the southern coast of Tawu Island to see leatherback turtles and seabirds.

On the southern coast of Taou Island, on Google Maps, the terrain is a bit like teeth, the southwest corner of the island and the southeast corner of the island Crescent Point are the tips of the teeth, the middle bay is a very wide bay, the coast is steep, the beach is narrow, or there is no beach, just some reef cliffs, the water is very deep, there is no road to here, for a long time, the inaccessible people, the original indigenous people of the island, the modern inhabitants of the island have rarely set foot here,......。

In the past two years, more and more tourists have come to the island, as have many biologists, and some secrets of the southern coast have been gradually revealed.

On some narrow beaches on the southern coast of the island, in the jungles of the coast, a large number of leatherback turtles and seabirds live, and leatherback turtles and several of them are very precious creatures in the world,......。

Leatherback turtle is the largest sea turtle in the world, recorded, body length up to 3 meters, turtle shell length of more than 2 meters, weight up to 800 to 900 kilograms, nearly tons of big guys, leatherback turtles are distributed all over the world, leatherback turtles are migratory animals in the ocean, travel 16,000 kilometers per year, if you follow the speed on land, 16,000 kilometers may take several years to complete, but in the water they can move at a speed of 35 kilometers / h.

Usually they don't stay in one place for long, and they are constantly on the move to ensure an adequate supply of food.

Because the migration route of leatherback turtles passes through many areas of frequent human activity, they cannot distinguish between jellyfish and plastic bags,......, as well as human hunting of leatherback turtles, and the destruction of the marine environment, resulting in the population of leatherback turtles decreasing at an alarming rate.

Today, there are fewer than 26,000 individuals worldwide, and it is estimated that leatherback turtles, which are listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, could become extinct in the wild within the next 10 to 20 years,......。

In the past two years, biologists have found a large number of leatherback turtles on some narrow beaches on the southern coast of the island, roughly counting, the number of more than 10,000 individuals, due to the abundance of food in the nearby seas, a large number of jellyfish live, leatherback turtles feed on jellyfish, leatherback turtles have slowly changed their migration habits and settled in the waters near Tauta.

Every year during the leatherback turtle laying season, thousands of leatherback turtles climb onto the beach to lay their eggs, where they lay their eggs, and then bury their eggs in the sand and use the heat of the sand to hatch the baby leatherback turtles.

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