Posted on 09/24/2009 3:22:20 PM PDT by Peter Horry
A romantic marriage proposal on a Hilton Head Island beach Tuesday night had an unintended consequence - the death of about 60 federally protected loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings.
A man had placed about 150 luminarias - bags with lit candles inside - in the shape of a heart on the beach near Palmetto Dunes, according to volunteers with the Sea Turtle Project who monitor the nests.
After the proposal, the visiting couple apparently retired to their rental home without extinguishing the lights.
An estimated 60 baby sea turtles emerged from a nearby nest a short time later and became disoriented by the light, said Sarah Skigen, natural resources associate for the town of Hilton Head Island and a turtle patrol volunteer.
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No, I find it both very sad and also abusive.
I posted four times to make a point, the same way that I would look at my watch to see how soon it took a liberal idiot to use a phrase like “peace and justice” in any conversation.
Romantic Male? We should be a protected minority! :)
"Estimated" by whom? The Turtle Patrol lady? I suspect she may have an agenda that could lead her to exaggerate this number.
How the hell did these turtles, as a species, survive this long if they can't find the ocean from the beach?
And somebody who lights things on fire and then leaves is as dopey as a wandering turtle baby.
I was hoping the rabbit I’m looking for will be beyond wounded.
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