No, man and sea turtles do not enjoy the same cuisine, however 60 newly hatched sea turtles did in fact end up walking straight into an Italian restaurant, recently. This however stems not from the fact that baby sea turtles are admirers of Italian cuisine, but rather from the fact that newly hatched sea turtles are drawn to light.

According to a conservation worker, 60 newly hatched turtles ended up under the tables of customers of an Italian beachside restaurant, last Monday. The poor confused turtles had to be rescued after scaring diners, said Antonio Colucci, who came to serve as a ‘rescuer’ of the unfortunate group.

The reason for this comes not from an inherent sense of bad direction from baby turtles, but rather from the fact that baby sea turtles depend on the reflection of the moon on the water of ocean, as a sort of direction marker as they journey into the ocean. Female sea turtle, give birth to their young on the shore, months later baby sea turtles break out of their eggs and crawl toward the bright light of the moon. Thus, the bright lights of the restaurant threw the poor turtles off track as they tried to make their ritual journey into the ocean.

According to Mr. Colucci, who works for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), “they saw the artificial lights and took the wrong route”. The unfortunate group of sea turtles hatched on the southern Italian coast in the region of Calabria, after being rescued they were released into the sea.

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To avoid such unfortunate circumstances, individuals and companies, who live along any sort of coastal shore should purchase sea turtle friendly lighting. What an unfortunate way for baby sea turtles to lose their lives. Please be responsible and considerate and protect baby sea turtle by purchasing sea turtle friendly lighting. Starry Night Lights is a huge supporter and provider of sea turtle friendly lighting fixtures, please feel free to look at our sea turtle friendly lighting fixtures when choosing your best lighting.