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Louisiana officials announced they discovered the hatchlings of the world’s smallest sea turtle species on an island just off the coast of New Orleans for the first time in 75 years.
Officials identified at least 53 sea turtle crawls (the unique paths turtles impress in the sand on their way to the sea) belonging to the endangered Kemp’s ridley turtleat the Breton National Wildlife Refuge on Louisiana’s Chandeleur Islands. Kemp’s ridley turtles only grow to be two feet in length,according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
They observed two live hatchlings go into the water,the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said in anews release.
Officials said the discovery of the turtles marked a positive sign for the island chain, which was decimated as a habitat followingthe Deepwater Horizon…
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Exposing the Big Game 
This was nice to hear! I just hope they won’t have to experience a Gulf oil spill.