Hatching plan for balanced turtle genders

Turtle hatchlings, less than a day old, at the conservation centre in Pantai Kerachut. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

HERE is a cool fact about sea turtles: the incubation temperature of their eggs determines their offspring’s gender.

“So, if turtle eggs buried in Penang beaches are allowed to incubate naturally, almost all the hatchlings would be females because it is really warm in the sand here,” said turtle ranger Muhamad Ezzat Hidayat Elias.