Surviving Sea Turtles | Untamed

Facing dangerous predators from above, recently hatched sea turtles struggle to reach the safety of the open ocean.
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Surviving Sea Turtles | Untamed
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[@NatGeoWild]

Baby sea turtles are met with a dangerous challenge straight out of the egg. What are your thoughts on the difficult journey they have to make to the water?

[@JoeBigDynamite]

It is one of the most impressive effort a animal can do at such a young age and under so much threats. I volunteered once in Greece protecting sea turtles and helping (as much as we could) hatchlings to reach the sea was so fulfilling. Good video btw

[@jenniferloving9054]

It's amazing that any of them make it into the water at all.

[@nunchucksyoutube4898]

Cool

[@avelociraptorfromjurassicp8695]

It’s like reverse D-Day

[@zoomlinejordan5664]

Thanks National Geographic.

[@mainlygames]

Human baby after birth: cries sea turtles:i don't know who i am i don't know why I'm here all i know is i must run

[@b.s.1302]

It drives to to tears 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ I admire turtles now

[@illartist18]

The Turtles are people born into poverty

[@DayTripTookItTo10]

Maze runner?

[@kenan5896]

Mfs more badass than Thanos.

[@gilavalos2400]

Very well said.

[@ousmanejalloh7312]

the baby turtle litterally cross no mans land on day one. animals are really amazing.

[@adamzitsch9027]

The minute he's born he's literally born on the front lines

[@ljcassanova]

Spawn camping....smh

[@kazi2277]

Under appreciated comment

[@hardenedclay8840]

gamers xDD

[@MHaynes]

Kazi420 SB52 ikr

[@kimjaysibonghanoy892]

Hahaha

[@limlyetai7279]

Lol agreed those spawn campers are annoying smh

[@trenchcoatjoe1891]

This is basically every mission in Attack on Titan

[@kominerion4636]

Bruh xd

[@beto5105]

lilboa t! Levi is the same thing as the turtle having a human with a rifle😂😂

[@akilahthecow3902]

sUsUmE

[@jjfish1497]

Attack on Vulture

[@tvamp8446]

love i

[@AzlianaLyana]

Survival of the lucky ones actually. You never know when one gets to be picked off the beach. Thanks National Geographic.

[@bugsandbears]

You’re right! We can so feel with them, hoping for most of them to make it. Those guys have a rough start into their lives.

[@havenomoney7216]

6

[@himanshugurjar9002]

Faster ones have a better chance

[@jmmj3207]

Cheering for these little ones to get to the water but then😥 Luckily the last one made it. Cheers baby 🐢.

[@bugsandbears]

JM MJ Totally agree with you! That was like watching a thriller! Glad he made it!

[@laniyahbarrett3860]

@@bugsandbears pretty sure they said it was a girl

[@buttruckers5875]

Birds can go deep into the water though

[@sandani6488]

Baby humans: born in a safe maternity Baby turtles: MY SOLDIERS CHARGE! MY SOLDIERS SCREAM! MY SOLDIERS FIGHT!

[@waltuh2.3bviews3secondsago3]

FOR THE REPUBLIC

[@Lipinsl]

Now the challenge is to survive in the ocean environment, hope they will.

[@wearewildest]

Holding thumbs for them too!

[@SillyKitty_gacha]

me too

[@Brontosore]

@JIT LOEN JEFFREY CHOY 崔哲纶 no actuallly, 31% percent of surviving and staying for 50 years to start laying eggs

[@mp6471]

@@Brontosore Bro, if 31% survive, given a nest consists of 100 eggs, that means every living adult sea turtle will give birth to 31 adults PER NEST every year, and most of them make more than one nest. Oceans would have more sea turtles than water by now at that rate, given that sea turtles have been around for something like 60 million years.

[@Brontosore]

@@mp6471 In 1 year they can’t lay eggs bro, especially for 2 or 3.

[@ultrachad7907]

Baby sea turtle after being born: "i don't know who i am, i don't know why i'm here. All i know it's i must run"

[@MintiesPoopin]

Did you steal that comment lol

[@ultrachad7907]

@@MintiesPoopin maybe, maybe don't

[@nayahabiva7070]

my heart stopped when the bird picked up the baby turtle at the beginning

[@SpinosaurusStudios_]

Nom

[@jojocat2653]

@@SpinosaurusStudios_ yummy bird

[@harrissyaffiq8110]

So delicious baby turtle nyum2

[@solar_0rbit290]

Me and my class had to watch this so this was fun to see

[@McconneIIRet]

I laughed when it died. It's so fun watching baby animals get killed

[@Mrbucbyc]

the cycle of life is a brutal one. I could not imagine being the photographer watching it happen and you are not allowed to interrupt. i would be out there scaring the birds away protecting the baby turtles haha

[@lukelee3]

Exactly, we're apart of nature too. If humans or dogs were getting eaten left and right we would have stopped it. "Leave nature alone"😒😒

[@kayw9235]

same, I understand it’s important to document what happening to show the world but I’d definitely be scaring away those birds to let the turtles get to sea

[@petergriffin7121]

@Hans Coventrierengemacht probably because he is working and therefore not allowed, but when you’re off the clock I will save!

[@oscheoroset1298]

@Hans Coventrierengemacht I know you feel bad for those turtles. However, look at the other side of the spectrum, if you save the turtles, what will happen to the birds? They'll be starving, and if they have their young ones, those will be starving to death too. That's why there is the unwritten rule that said you should never interrupt with nature, let it be.

[@Cazador_de_sirenas]

Turtles deposing eggs are not frequent, but the birds live all year long. So no, the baby turtles are not their only source of nourishment. Besides, most turtles are endangered species, so unles you tell me those birds are as well, I would definitely be partial to favour the tiny crawlies.

[@IloveHirotaka]

When that bird picked up the turtle and yanked its head off, I felt really bad :(

[@SpinosaurusStudios_]

Headshot conga!

[@Thisiswellmalik]

Same

[@zane8072]

The comment I was looking for. I am upset!

[@Artisan1979]

It's heart wrenching seen the vulture rip the turtles head off. Just an infant I know it's nature but still it's cruel and it's heartbreaking that this is the reality every batch of hatchlings face. Their lives are very fleeting, safe for the few that make it to the water.

[@littlezelo1373]

We cannot say bad things about that birds since it's nature. But feel pity for that tiny kids. Nature can sometimes be beautiful and sometimes be cruel in other way around.

[@MrRod317]

What if you where that turtle

[@crand20033]

Those turtles are endangered species. I think humans should scare the birds away. I am sure they can find something else to eat.

[@MrRod317]

@@crand20033 I strongly agree

[@crand20033]

Well, we humans eat a lot of chicken eggs. But they're not an endangered species.

[@ReventonSpeed]

@@crand20033 I'm pretty sure if you're in the field filming for Nat GEO you're contracted to not interfere, ensuring endangered species survive is probably a job for someone else.

[@-Sam-S]

We need to lay down covering fire for these turtles to get to the ocean

[@ergoleon2970]

Turtles: give me cover! Me *pulls out machine gun* : I got you

[@BUBBA808]

D Day

[@sapientum8]

They all deserve a Purple Heart for bravery.

[@JNL37Dyxce5]

I have animals look😘

[@jedi3779]

And the birds should be promoted two ranks higher for 90% devastation

[@BUBBA808]

D Day be like:

[@ImArman1]

💜

[@dragutintheslav-veliki790]

Humans: *born in a hospital* Birds: *born in a nest* Sea turtles: *Normandy but reverse*

[@tropical_blueberry897]

Baby turtles: dude your seeing them devour me! And your just looking and filming? Wild: that’s the whole point....

[@meandeverything9513]

"Awww, it's so sad seeing these hopeless turtles getting ripped apart"😢 "Ok let's film this"

[@Yaritt08]

;(

[@Yaritt08]

:(

[@Nitka022]

it made me sooooo angry!! that passive filming of that carnage!!...there was no need for it...show us some BUT than go and help majority get to the sea!!....times are changing and people are more proactive in protecting wildlife...this guy is soooo out of touch, a dinosaur , extinct species....

[@jorgeloredo100]

@@Nitka022 People that talk like you have no respect for wildlife

[@Nitka022]

@@jorgeloredo100 ?....are you sure you replying to MY comment?...do you mean the FILM MAKER has no respect for wildlife...?..just filming the slaughter happening in front of him....what am I missing here?....you truly lost me...

[@gentarafi7005]

Ocean predator : “so you survive the first stage”

[@WellWellWel]

Iam so glad she made it through those trenches safely and I feel bad on the turtles who didn’t :(

[@AmedesTheKing]

eaten by sea animals

[@lukelee3]

On your own from day 1. Badass turtles.

[@sykosocial9]

Being born is like storming the beaches of Normandy

[@GrislyAtoms12]

except in the opposite direction!

[@bettybunbun9664]

Being born as a Human: _Oh don't worry little one. You will have years of protection, food, shelter and love._ 💓 _Just relax and enjoy it._ 😊 Being born as a Turtle: 💀 *RUN* 💀

[@BadassBobY]

Nigerooooo

[@gilavalos2400]

Reminds me of the opening scene of saving private Ryan

[@FishFeelPain]

It's amazing how the baby turtles communicate to each other--chirping through their shells--coordinating when they'll hatch

[@drewthomas231]

The baby turtles : GO GO GO WE MUST GET INTO THE WATER The vultres: Nuh uh uh

[@taisei8485]

Baby Turtle after reaching the sea: *If we destroy our enemies there, will we finally be free?*

[@okangulmez9073]

It‘s like D-Day but reversed

[@Chubzdoomer]

LMAO!

[@direct2397]

Bruh 😂

[@MrCleven509]

yup.

[@fraublucher85]

One of the most important things to help them survive, once they get to the ocean, is seaweed or seagrass, it acts as a little nursery, for them to float on & hide in

[@krishnabhat4267]

Amazing photographic shots. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

[@wearewildest]

And a happy new year to you to!😁👍

[@krishnabhat4267]

@@wearewildest well few hours to go

[@wearewildest]

Indeed, not too much longer

[@SinLeXy]

happy new year

[@j-bch7967]

2:55 to 2:58 its so sad....

[@esentional]

When that turtle come back it'll be like, you ate my family now i'm gonna eat you.

[@jimadandumao2375]

NatGeo Film Makers be like: I wanna save thoses little turtlea but I can't! a job that is not easy

[@Aahaeehee]

I wish i could live nearby and save them as many as i can every season

[@Cynthiavillalba12]

Kiran Reddy you can’t this is the circle of life and even if you do save them theres chance that they won’t survive. The birds are hungry as well and could die just let them be its nature.

[@KatGlos]

@@Cynthiavillalba12 That's not true, in many places volunteers help endangered turtle species reach the ocean so that the birds don't eat them.

[@omochikaerihanyuu]

@@Cynthiavillalba12 as well, most of the birds are nowhere near as endangered as the most common sea turtle.

[@wolfo8835]

Mukuro Ikusaba look at how many birds gone extinct from how many turtles are extinct. (I still would help those turtles 1 way or another I love turtles and tortoises!)

[@anonymike8280]

@@Cynthiavillalba12 You can, by guarding the turtles and shooing away the predators. But you are not allowed to touch or assist them. Not according to the law

[@prabalagrawal6215]

Nature: Too beautiful and too harsh.

[@Taboo08]

aww, i wanna help them all to reach the ocean

[@lucommusic]

Imagine not even being able to think but being in d-day the minute youre born

[@Owen004]

Baby turtles after they’re born- “I have the sudden urge to run”

[@codytullock3973]

When I tell you I was in the edge of my seat for that little turtle.

[@mnkash2007]

2:19 vulture: just going to end this man's whole career

[@Ellaembarks796]

Wish the filmmakers drew the vultures away from predating the precious turtles

[@sins7046]

I love sea turtles ♡

[@DavidELD]

A TURTLE MADE IT TO THE WATER!

[@tiagosoares8790]

The one upside down, flapping to try to turn herself over got me :c the cycle of life can be cruel.. buf nature takes as it gives

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

Amazing footage of the turtles *and* birds.

[@mahendrarathore360]

More thrilling than some so called thriller movies, just wow 😲

[@minhhieu7658]

These amazing shots gave me goosebump!

[@wearewildest]

Great video! NatGeo creates the most amazing content, such a huge inspiration for me and my channel 😁

[@furretshiny3129]

Turtles born in a tsunami: *That's a free real state.*

[@BadassBobY]

😂😂

[@maellescorner]

Such valiant spirits.

[@Thomas-te2lg]

Baby Sea Turtles rushing to the ocean like the British at Dunkirk.

[@jackiejackson5893]

i know its nature and we arent supposed to interfere but if i was part of the crew i would have sprinted onto the beach and saved as many as i could🥺

[@ruz_arz]

Actually I think they did... at least I hope so....

[@crimdus5041]

Рузанна Арзуманян they didn’t

[@kokobean5921]

YOU'D DO NOTHING AND YOU KNOW IT YOU COWARD!

[@michaelhaz5006]

You cant help them its crucial that they make the trip alone, else they cant ever reproduce.

[@KP-by4eu]

I'm pretty sure they did it to one, so at least they have some footage.

[@quintinzamora3610]

Human birth: *Hospital* Sea Turtle birth: *Saving private Ryan*

[@issanlinryoficial7712]

D Day

[@dafemuya3471]

Poor things, it's like 'Escape from Sobibor'. The luckiest survive...not the strongest

[@wearewildest]

Agreed!

[@nofreewill]

True, but strength does make their chances better.

[@JoyDaWeirdBoi]

Turtles are a mini soldiers

[@oliviaquijano9018]

Poor Baby Sea Turtles! ☹😢😭

[@johncohen222]

Wish I could go to the beach myself and watch this. I would pick the baby turtles up myself and take them into the sea. Only about half of them make it to the sea, and even for the ones that do, the odds are still stacked against them.

[@AmedesTheKing]

you would basically just make them eaten by sea animals intead land animals. chances of survive still same

[@johncohen222]

@@AmedesTheKing I know that. I did state it in my original point as well ".....even the ones that do [make it to the sea] the odds are still stacked against them"

[@tris-xi4bq]

No never touch a sea turtle ever that's harmful to them and you'll be doing more harm than good . If one grown sea turtle is flipped on it's back and can't do anything then that's where the exception comes but never touch them if not necessary.

[@johncohen222]

@@tris-xi4bq I was not aware of that, and you may be right. Maybe I would just go and scare the birds away instead.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They really do have to battle a lot on the way to the bbn ocean. I love turtles though.

[@raenashaikh3377]

What's more curious is how do those babies know the instant they are born that they have to run for their survival? Can it be embedded in their embryological memories?

[@sapientum8]

you would know it too if you suddenly found yourself buried in sand and with no memory of anything.

[@GrislyAtoms12]

God made them that way.

[@Gamingkhalidofficial]

Baby sea turtles: please help us from the birds!!!! The camera guy: I don't care what's happening to the baby sea turtles : )

[@mychannel8295]

Yes!

[@lahire1295]

After watching a sea turtle eat a jellyfish, I just feel the need to save every single baby out there ! 😤

[@mustard3331]

Sea tutle be like: i don't know who i am, i don't know why im here,the thing is i must survive...

[@vicroberts3080]

lol the next scene is probably a shark eating that hatchling

[@alessandrariussi4658]

so happy for the last one!

[@milixer1]

This makes me want to just guard turtle spawn grounds and put the hatchlings straight into the sea.

[@deniz7984]

This man is awesome and ofcourse animals too

[@05renemar1]

This is like the reverse D-Day

[@MalcolmBowens6]

This would make a great video game.

[@alexbrufladt171]

This is liteally D-Day lol

[@rapunzel2929]

Saving private Franklin - Turtle edition

[@6371miller]

Save the sea turtles🐢 🌊

[@megachonker5664]

The same applies to humans. Some succeed in life (make it to the water) and some don't (get eaten). It isn't fair or unfair. That's just the design of things. What matters is that the species as a whole survives. Everybody deserves a prize for participating

[@nafiuakinloye6469]

Well said.

[@stefanycalix9446]

This made me cry

[@Lunozii]

It's so amazing💕

[@atis9061]

I love these turtles they’re so adorable ☺️

[@b.s.1302]

It drives me to tears: they have to run for life since just being born 😭😭 this nature this world is absolutely cruel, t he same goes for human world, everyone needs to compete!!!

[@ravn3ly739]

Great I'm crying

[@rashers9129]

Amazing to watch this kinda stuff 😯

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

É uma corrida cheia de percalços ... extenuante para chegar ao mar onde outros obstáculos irão encontrar ...a meta só a atingem com o retorno ao local para outra geração continuar ...são pequeninas mas lutadoras pela sobrevivência!! É impressionante como o mapa subsiste na sua cabeça ...Para memória futura voltar ao local onde nasceram?!!

[@Eevcel]

Sea turtle babies in the lobby after dying be like “woooow look at those spawn campers so trash like so trash if you can only spawn camp bro”

[@amelia2482]

Watching this for school

[@oijosukeiliveinyourwalls5798]

lmao if there was an alligator snapping turtle there those birds would be torn to shreds

[@ARMYxATINY98]

I cant get mad at the birds they just trying to survive but... they just started their lives why them 🥺

[@jasonnabors1330]

Some of us respect the turtle because your inner child relates to it. No fathers or mother’s guidance,being born in an unstable foundation, predators all around you etc..

[@parthberiwal2502]

Turtles are born in the middle of the battlefield.

[@harshit13799]

After watching their hustle my life pain became 0

[@steph2006]

That very few of them make it to the ocean 💔

[@bonniebunny9511]

turtle verison of d-day

[@NenetteSerrano]

Omg I almost teared 🤣😭

[@llinggoh7700]

Great Video!!

[@64jsanchez]

Beatiful Costa Rica ...land bless by God....

[@adancorona7110]

Rumor has it it got eaten by a hungry fish withing 45 sec in ocean

[@leonguyen5215]

Why isn’t the camera guy not doing anything to help the hatchlings

[@kayshawnwhitehead4667]

Daylyt bought me here lol

[@elijahrona8740]

Cool... Thanks for the video

[@roderickselda5225]

After making it to the water, beware of the poachers!

[@yashjadhav8919]

Just a normal day in Normandy 1944 on D Day (except the journey is towards the sea)

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