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Added on the 12/08/2015 23:25:43 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Thousands of olive ridley marine turtles arrive on a protected beach in Mexico to lay their eggs in the sand.
Mahón (Menorca, Spain), Jun 20 (EFE).- (Camera: David Arquimbau).- A loggerhead sea turtle laid her eggs on Sant Lluis beach in Menorca.A group of biologists decided to move the eggs to a more suitable area for their incubation.FOOTAGE OF MENORCA'S SANT LLUIS BEACH ON 19 JUNE.
Thousands upon thousands of the world’s smallest sea turtle, the Olive Ridley, made their annual nesting migration to the Rushikulya river mouth in eastern India’s Ganjam district on Wednesday. Up to 600,000 females make the same trip every year during the final weeks of February until early March so they can lay their eggs at the very same beach where they themselves hatched.
This little guy is a member of an endangered species of turtle called pochitoque, and he is what's for dinner. Pochitoque is one of the most popular dishes for locals of the northern Mexican city of Tabasco for the Christian tradition of Lent. The turtles are captured and prepared by first removing the meat from the shell and carefully washing it. Local foods, such as parsley, chaya, green bananas and corn flour play a large role in Pochitoque dishes. Lent occurs on Ash Wednesday, the day after Fat Tuesday, and typically lasts for about six weeks until Easter Sunday. Many Christians traditionally observe Lent by giving up luxuries they can live without. Some Christians commit to eating a special diet during the Lenten period. Tabasco residents, many of whom are ardent Roman Catholics, typically prepare the Pochitoque turtle to mark the time. One traditional method of eating the Pochitoque for Lent in Tabasco is to prepare the turtle meat in a soup and serve it inside the shell. Although observed by Christians today, the dish is thought to originate from the Mayans and is an important part of Mexico's cultural heritage. Would you ever consider trying Pochitoque?
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