How Sea Turtles Return to Their Exact Birthplace I Wild to Know

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The waters off the coast of Sri Lanka are home to a vast variety of marine life. One resident is the green turtle, an endangered species of sea turtle. Born on these shores, it migrates vast distances - but it always returns to the same beach. Green turtles begin their often long lives with a risky journey from beach to ocean. But just how do they manage to find their way home again, even from thousands of kilometers away? The answer might surprise you…
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[@terramater]

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[@shamik_sathe]

For some reason, this was the most peaceful 6 minutes I've ever experienced, especially the sea turtle's grazing part.

[@terramater]

Glad to hear that! ❤️ The grazing part is the best, right?

[@shamik_sathe]

@@terramater yeah

[@qwertycomp9618]

Yes! And I was very thankful they didn’t show any predators getting the turtles - I feel like most turtle videos have a footage of that - so thank you for keeping it peaceful :)

[@stevebennett9839]

I love sea turtles. One of my best memory's is seeing the big mother turtle come on the beach in Florida and lay her eggs, also watching the baby's head for the water. Thanks for bringing back the good memories.

[@terramater]

Wow, what an amazing experience, thanks for sharing with us! 🥰

[@LeeFav.]

I sea.. thanks for sea-rching for this information..

[@metalguy7639]

thats some puns

[@terramater]

*Five turtles liked your comment 🐢

[@maddawg1915]

Soooome puns. Really funny.

[@maddawg1915]

Not.

[@samael67676]

"They wouldn't make a mistake in finding their way back home. I'm sure." -_Master Oogway_

[@satyasrikar4677]

Apt for the situation 😂

[@animalswithtomek4188]

Wow, geomagnetic imprinting! I barely can repeat it and they can DO that:)

[@parkerwonser]

LOL

[@lenafromterramater3690]

This really is an amazing skill they have 🐢

[@singh_nimisha]

Watching these baby turtles, I realised that we humans have been gifted way more than them, yet we are directly or indirectly are responsible for their lose. Thank you for another hardworking day, Terra Mater.❤️

[@senv_n]

Thanks Terra mater, I finally understand how they find way home. I wish I was like this back then 'cause I always got lost

[@terramater]

Awesome to hear that! 🤗 Maybe you need to recharge your inner compass! ;)

[@TunaFreeDolphinMeat]

Imagine the positive impact for us and them if more people and especially kids got involved in actually protecting these creatures

[@TheyCallMeNewb]

That footage of the seaweed grazing was so simple and yet strangely so evocative.

[@ashencreates]

Srilanka is a Wonderful Country to Visit! ❤️

[@Azx12345]

They are so intelligent and cute

[@terramater]

True that!

[@MrDingo-lo7zs]

I like how they are so innocent and cute 😊

[@lenafromterramater3690]

They really are indeed 🐢😊

[@OmarFasy]

Yeah it’s beautiful island too...... part of heaven nothing like anything

[@sulochanabalasooriya3122]

I am watching this channel now for months. Finally happy to see a footage from my motherland💓. And very informative as has always been.

[@terramater]

Pretty awesome that you can call this beautiful place your home! 🥰 And glad to hear that you like our turtle video. 🐢

[@donjonbro1432]

Sri Lanka a paradise on earth

[@magtazeum4071]

Finally a video on #SriLanka 🇱🇰.. It’s one of the most diverse biodiversity hotspot. Love from SL ♥️

[@baixiaopeng6194]

Amazing I can't even tell my right and left in instant

[@terramater]

You need a turtle compass lesson ;)

[@janeb1738]

This reminds me of the turtle in ‘Finding Nemo’ so calm and kind~

[@raccoontrashpanda1467]

Newly hatched turtles move towards the reflection of the moon on the sea, if there are bright lights near the beach they move towards those instead of the sea as they confuse the lights for the moon on the ocean.

[@sarth7649]

Amazing creatures!

[@terramater]

They're truly fascinating!

[@elhombredeoro955]

As a child I traveled to India with my parents. We visited beaches in Orissa where I saw Olive Ridley turtles pulling themselves out of the sea to lay eggs. That's the only time I saw sea turtles. Thank you so much for bringing back those sweet memories.

[@ktheghoul7644]

Watching her eat was so cute!

[@bentley2678]

Beautiful animals

[@andresdeleon5160]

I love sea turtles.

[@lenafromterramater3690]

They are great animals indeed 🐢

[@andresdeleon5160]

True. In fact what can sea turtles do for the ecosystem of the ocean?

[@raizaintilian]

I find it so cool that once they hatch they just know exactly what to do

[@BrosMinecraft2]

Elite channel. Never disappoints. I just watched the deep-sea bioluminescent video and that was amazing too. I can't believe that this is a free channel.

[@leongliyang6946]

i love turtle

[@benfranco3801]

Props to the team for waiting out the hatchlings. I've had the pleasure of watching sea turtles emerge from the sand. It takes them so much effort to get out of the sand so they stop and take little breaks. I was there for hours. Also, the lights from the cities and streets confuse the little turtles and causes them to head toward traffic instead of the ocean, another cause from human interference 💔

[@JIMMY_GROWTRON]

Damn being a sea turtle is like trying to hit the mega millions

[@deionalexeigonzales]

Awwww cute

[@terramater]

They're really cute! 🐢

[@tyronedyrone1483]

Bruh 2 out of 1000! 😭😭 they are too cute to have such a fate

[@Aparanoidpunk6]

Underrated channel

[@Tempst]

Olive Ridley and Green turtles lay eggs on beaches of Odisha in India as well because Sri Lanka and India are neighbours. It's a truly mesmerizing sight to watch the hatchlings trying to get to the sea!

[@pasta...]

The background music is so relaxing🌊🌴🎶

[@malakwaqasawan4371]

Incredible nature!

[@dynamosaurusimperious2718]

Nothing like seeing another great Terra Matter video,about some more incredible animal facts. Also I wish y'all a great day.

[@brycekirkham6896]

I love this video, it was really nice and calming! Love the partnership you have too. Great job guys!

[@jslevenson101]

Of course. ❤️

[@kb8481]

Beautiful!

[@alifkembaraalam2487]

I'm sure that their google maps is better than ours

[@lenafromterramater3690]

Could be 🐢😉

[@victoriaharti7631]

Amazing 🤩👏👏👏

[@Amitdas-gk2it]

They are beautiful ❤️😍

[@SchnippiTheCat]

a top video

[@lenafromterramater3690]

Thank you so much! 😊🐢

[@wdavis9680]

I always know where Sandy's beach is. I guess I set my internal compass this archipelago and these warm waters. Aloha

[@amindatua2792]

I could sleep at peace rn after watching this 😌

[@pennywiseslostredballoon861]

"The turtle can perceive the magnetic field's intensity, it's angle of inclination & the field lines make with respect to the earth's surface" Man!!!😱😱 They really do have a bright future to become a physics or maths teachers... 🐢🐢 These guys are a really dope... 🔥🔥🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@terramater]

True that, these guys really rock! 🤘🏽🐢

[@pennywiseslostredballoon861]

@@terramater 🐢🥳🤘🏻

[@HarshYadav-wx8nx]

Nice video I would also want to know about the preventive measurements taken by the Sri Lankan governments to ease their breeding cycle and is their any laws implemented to protect these species.

[@dhrubapatgiri3740]

Amazing

[@howardloewen1834]

Our world is only about 6,000 years old!

[@animalsaroundustv5410]

Your video is very interesting ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍

[@terramater]

Thank you so much! 🥰😃

[@cedricwaelti4487]

wow they are so innocent and cute and travel the world for thousands and thousands of kilometers just as we do😌👍✈️ ps wanna do something good for the environment today? Go delete the emails you don't need. Look it up it makes a difference 💚

[@Jitendra__Saini]

Nice one 👏

[@lenafromterramater3690]

Thank you! 😊

[@sanjayaralikatti3752]

Why do i have a feeling that someone is feeding that turtle to take it to a place where they want to

[@darwinhenriquez5371]

What would happened if an egg is moved to a different location. Will it still go back to its original beach or will it come back to the new beach where it was born.?

[@niteeshbihade1789]

Amazing! 👍🏼

[@terramater]

Glad you think so!

[@vinodfernando6066]

My country Sri lanka 🇱🇰 🇱🇰 ❤ .

[@TheDivasLive]

Please feature the most endangered eagle, tallest, rarest, and one of the most majectic Philippine Eagle. Thank you so much!

[@lezliemiguelabecia9311]

Yes!

[@aljo.antony]

Thank you Terra Mater for letting me know how important is it to protect and save turtle's birthplace.

[@saradomin89898]

y'all, search up Jenny Jinya's short comic on Green Sea Turtles and pollution/poaching :'( in conjunction with this video, it really makes you appreciate these lil guys.

[@cumunist2120]

Monch monch

[@fetsluck5620]

So what happens when the poles shift? I bet it fucks them all up lol

[@godnoble]

"They somehow find their way to the water." I thought this wasn't a mystery. It's the light. They head towards where there is more light. That's why beach towns are supposed to turn their lights off at night.

[@DRcrimeinvestigate]

I really can use that geomagnetic sensing, it is mind-boggling how animals have mastered the planets

[@bradmitchell3765]

Excellent video! I always thought turtles hatched but now I learned they are born. Hmmmm

[@brishtyislam6163]

🐢❤🐢❤🐢❤🐢

[@Mazequax]

A 0.2% survival rate? D:

[@terramater]

Want to track a real sea turtle? 🐢​ Check out Wildlife Collections and get a journey bracelet: ​ bit.ly/38cPvTK​ With the Promo Code: TERRAMATER20 you’ll get 20% on all orders! ​ Wildlife Collections is an official partner of the Sea Turtle Conservancy, which is the world’s oldest sea turtle research and conservation group.

[@metalguy7639]

no

[@varunsomwanshi7187]

@@metalguy7639 why

[@terramater]

Each bracelet tracks an animal. You’ll get a picture and learn your sea turtle's name and size. You‘ll read of its amazing story, where it came from, and best of all you‘ll get exclusive access to its tracking map.

[@kb8481]

Yesss

[@killingfields1424]

Why not raise them till they grow big before they will be released on the beach. Just to be sure they all survive. We tried that before, and all was well. All 200 of them now roam the oceans

[@drey9110]

Ok but imagine if humans have geomagnetic imprinting too. 🙀

[@willyshadoo1416]

one question then when the magnetic poles switch what will happen to sea turtles

[@Sicara91]

I thought that turtles when towards the moonlight reflected on the waves because people who live on the beach have to turn off their lights during hatching time or else the babies get confused and go the wrong way.

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

0:07 - At least that wasn't a baby bird's head. 😒

[@sergiom.3139]

A piece must be missing ... Perhaps it is not only due to magnetism, since a lot of precision is needed to arrive at the same beach after 2 or 4 years in the ocean, taking into account that the magnetic pole moves about 50 - 60 kms per year

[@Izzy-qf1do]

And then she becomes turtle soup.

[@DobberD]

For some reason I just found out the person doing the voice acting in the video, also does the voice acting for the fluctus Chanel on here. (At least I think so). Idk probably not so special, but it’s more about me just finding out. Even though I’ve seen multiple videos of both channels before. 😅

[@parkerwonser]

BRILLIANT QUESTION. I’VE ALWAYS WONDERED THIS

[@saf1819]

Another comment dedicated to the team.

[@rameshjaykar902]

Do these Baby turtles meet their mother in thier lifespan .....

[@burpwarrior78]

The momma drops a pin for them duh...

[@1entertainmentworld297]

Very nice and informative. Thanks for this great video.

[@thetoycollectorofseville6428]

Do the babies ever get to see their parents? If so, will they recognize them as their parents?

[@geonite2072]

You think we'd have a naturally built-in compass, but noooo! We gotta do it the hard way and use our brains. Thanks a lot evolution.😤

[@antoniopacelli]

I wonder if Turtles have a Castistic society where giants turtles are the high Casta and carnivorous ones are the lowest... I would still standing with the Renegades... Out of Casta ! Alone Together ! Exceeding the imposed boundaries with our brains, for compensating our otherwise untouchable bodies... If you wanna meet us you're gonna need to come over and see what is like to be like Us... [Welcome to Outer Heaven ! ! !]

[@venishraja4888]

தமிழர்களின் கடல் பயண வளிகாட்டி

[@thebestican6513]

I want to volunteer if the program was held at India beaches like Visakhapatnam please contact me

[@terramater]

Hi there! 👋🏽 There are many ways on how you can support turtles, here are two of them: 1) Local: Support local organizations by volunteering: india.wcs.org/Programmes/Turtle-Conservation 2) Via web: Wildlife Collections is an official partner of the Sea Turtle Conservancy, which is the world’s oldest sea turtle research and conservation group. By buying a journey bracelet you support the NGO. Use the promo code: TERRAMATER20 to get 20% on all orders! Get your bracelet here: bit.ly/38cPvTK

[@shehanhashithasilva3605]

🇱🇰✳️✳️✳️

[@supercalifragilisticexpial7380]

Bornography

[@Nathouuuutheone]

That is a frustratingly barebones explanation and I feel like you've wasted my time by telling me you were gonna say how but then never delivering at all. "They know the intensity, slope and whatnot of the magnetic field" They just do? Magically? No specialize organ/tissue, no experiments done to prove it, no mention of who discovered it, of when it was discovered, just no explanation at all? Six full minutes of video for absolutely no information? Come on. At the VERY least cite your sources in the description. Seriously. Anyone can come up with a barebones explanation and slap it on top of footage without ever having to dig any deeper.

[@abjt_s]

Sri lankan cost lime means Indian cost line,😎😎

[@damianxavier7343]

No it's just Sri lankan coastline.

[@abdulsametmuhcu5000]

Mashallah, what is Allah's infinite power capable of?

[@mathew2051]

Jesus Christ is Lord, repent (turn away) from your sins, ask Him into your heart and become born again, God bless you