{"id":201312,"date":"2021-03-13T01:48:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T22:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rare-albino-turtle-spotted-struggling-on-australian-beach\/"},"modified":"2021-03-13T01:48:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T22:48:31","slug":"rare-albino-turtle-spotted-struggling-on-australian-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rare-albino-turtle-spotted-struggling-on-australian-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rare albino turtle spotted ‘struggling’ on Australian beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Rare albino turtle spotted ‘struggling’ on Australian beach<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Against near-insurmountable odds, a rare albino turtle is fighting its way to the sea.<\/p>\n

The lone reptile hatchling was recently spotted on the shores of Lady Elliot Island, which punctuates the southern end of the Great Barrier reef in the Coral Sea of Australia. An estimated one out of every 100,000 turtle hatchlings are albino, yet only one in every 1,000 newborns of all kinds are expected to survive into adulthood, conservationists said<\/a> in an Instagram post accompanying a clip of the turtle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese little guys, they struggle to get out of the nest, and if they do they\u2019re not well-suited to the environment,\u201d said Jim Buck, Lady Elliot Island\u2019s ecosystem management officer. <\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, the success rate of this little one is also further reduced due to low sight and the inability to camouflage,\u201d he told Australia\u2019s ABC News<\/a> this week. \u201cWe can see the animal quite easily, so I\u2019m sure predators would have the same advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The rare albino turtle \u2014 seen in one of every 100,000 hatchlings \u2014 was spotted on Lady Elliot Island, at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. <\/figcaption>
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Green sea turtles, like the translucent tyke in question, are under threat globally, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, which have deemed them an endangered species since 1982<\/a>. <\/p>\n

However, Lady Elliot Island researchers have recently estimated a 3% to 4% increase in their Southern Great Barrier Reef green turtle population. <\/p>\n

No updates on the little one\u2019s journey have been made since the discovery, as followers of this story pray the turtle is safe with a chance to enjoy a long life ahead. Said one well-wisher on social media<\/a>, \u201cFingers crossed she\u2019s the 1 in 1,000.\u201d\n <\/div>\n