Friends with osean

“look Aiya... there is somebody simililar to crush the turte in the cartoon,” panchie shouted,seeing a bord with picture of a turtle.Crush was a cartoon character in the film ‘Finding Nemo’,panchie enjoyed very much.
Puncha too remebered the cartoon.”but are there turtles in these beach Thaththa....?” Puncha wanted to know.

“do you want to see turtles....?” asked prof.uncle who was the driving the car.
“Yes... Yes... Please uncle,

PLEASE”,brother and sister shouted together.prof. uncle stopped the vehical near a large board with“TURTLE HATCHERY” on it.puncha and punchehurriedly got down.
“this is a turtle hatvhery weher little  turtles are kept for a few days,”explained thaththa to the kids,showing them a large tank with little turtles swimming around.they had samall shells and were aflot,constantly paddling to catch their breacth.

“The sea turtle is a reptile and has to come to the surface to breathe air,”said prof.uncle. “but they can also stay under water a long time holding its breath”.
Panchie had taken a baby turtle in her hand and took a closer lok at it. “its good a release these baby turtles to the sea, but they have to wait a few days in the sea, but they have to wait a few days in these tanks,”prof.uncle said.

“where is their mother....?” panchie wonddered. “ the mother turtle does not stay with its babies punchie.It comes to a beach at night,digs a hole and lays dozens of eggs.Then the mother covers the eggs using sand and goes back to the sea”,
Thaththa Explained.

“ After a few days the egss are hurry towards the sea.But unfortunately some bad people dig the turtle nest and steals eggs”.punchaand punchie were sad when they heard this and vowed they would never eat turtle eggs.

“Some turtle varieties like the Olive – ridley turtles visit certain beaches during a certain period to lay eggs in thousnds.Some of them migrate across long distances to reach the eggs laying grounds known ad arribadas”.

“some bade people also kill the adult turtles.because of these cruel acts,the turtle has become a threatened creature has,”Explained prof.uncle

“this is means that if we do not protect turtles and therir habitatas,they will all soon vanish from the seas.Do you want that to happend kids....?” asked prof.Uncle.
“No..No WE MUST PROTECT OUR TURTLES,”said both puncha and panchie at once