Kemp Ridley's Sea Turtles

When I was a freshman in high school, I did an independent project in Biology with a classmate, Julie Storm, on the Kemp Ridley's Sea Turtle. It's amazing home many people had no idea who these suckers are! All I can say is that they're just the cutest little things. There was a big hatching of them down at North Padre Island and here are some pictures of the babies leaving to the ocean! The sad thing is that not all of them make it from nest to water to make it to adult maturity! Hopefully these little guys did!

"I'm coming up..." Let the race BEGIN!!

"Damn! This is a long trek!!"

"I SEE THE LIGHT, urgh WATER!!" =)

"YEAHHH!! I made it!!"