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Apr. 05 Summertime is giant turtle time along Florida's miles of beaches. This is the season when females come ashore at night to dig their nests in the dunes above the tide line and lay hundreds of rubbery eggs, which are incubated by the sun. The turtles and eggs are protected by Florida law, but turtle watching is legal and a interesting way to spend a summer evening. Through the turtles will turn back to the water if disturbed on their journey up the beach, they are apparently unconcerned once laying begins and can be closely approached and observed. Long, lonely stretches of beach, especially on the Atlantic coast of the Sunshine State, are the best places to look for these huge sea creatures

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