The first olive ridley hatchlings of the season emerged in Michoacán
At the Motín del Oro camp, in the community of El Coire, the season's first olive ridley hatchlings left the sand after a hard start of heat, dry sand, and storms.
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The first olive ridley hatchlings of the season have come out of the sand at the Motín del Oro turtle camp, in the Indigenous community of El Coire on the Michoacán coast. MiMorelia reported on October 12, 2026, that Santuarios y Campamentos Tortugueros de Occidente y Pacífico Centro, part of CONANP, shared the news. The season opened under hard conditions: heat, dry sand, and hurricanes. The report does not give a total of hatchlings or nests.
A community brigade from El Coire, supported through the PROREST program, has been watching the nests. The emergence is the start of the hatching season at that camp. It is not a statewide count of how many olive ridleys nested in Michoacán this year.
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On the coast of Michoacán, Mexico, the first olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings of the season dug out of the sand at a community camp called Motín del Oro. Local people have been watching the nests. The report did not say how many babies there were.
- Where did the first hatchlings of the season appear?
- Who has been watching the nests?
- Why is it useful to know that a number was not reported?
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