Sea Turtle Crawls
Sometimes you don’t actually have to see the turtle to know which species has been on a beach. When nesting females come onto a beach, they leave tracks or “crawls” made by their front flippers. These “crawls” are distinctive for each species.
Leatherback
Who made the crawl?
False Crawls
Sometimes a female will go up onto a beach and decide that she doesn’t want to lay a nest there. This is called a “false crawl.”
