. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. sanctuary that extends from Bogue In- let to New River Inlet, the only sanctuary like it in the nation. The waters in this area are closed to shrim- ping from June 1 to September 1, beginning this year. The sanctuary ex- tends 3A mile seaward, except along Bear Island and northern Onslow Beach, where it only extends 1000 feet offshore. Fishermen expressed little opposition to the plan after the com- Turtles, tears And tall tales For the ancient Hindu philosophers, the world began with a gigantic sea turtle
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. sanctuary that extends from Bogue In- let to New River Inlet, the only sanctuary like it in the nation. The waters in this area are closed to shrim- ping from June 1 to September 1, beginning this year. The sanctuary ex- tends 3A mile seaward, except along Bear Island and northern Onslow Beach, where it only extends 1000 feet offshore. Fishermen expressed little opposition to the plan after the com- Turtles, tears And tall tales For the ancient Hindu philosophers, the world began with a gigantic sea turtle, swimming in an endless ocean with four colossal elephants on its back. Upon the elephants' backs rested the earth. With a legacy of about 150 million years, sea turtles have had plenty of time to kindle the imaginations of man in folklore and fantasy. Even Alice in her trek through Won- derland met a part-turtle, part-calf creature calling himself Mock Turtle. Mock Turtle sobbed constantly, but, in nature, it's the female turtle that sobs. All mother turtles cry as they lay their eggs—not from pain or distress, but only to wash the salt from their eyes. But, legend has it that the sea turtles were once land creatures banished to the sea because of some misdeed. Now, the story goes, as the females return to the land to lay their eggs, they cry because they, and even- tually their young, must return to the sea. Another tale frequently told about loggerhead turtles is that they nest on the full moon. The turtles will actually nest under any phase of the moon, ac- cording to those who have spent time watching for the reptiles. More likely, it's the people who are more active on the full moon. Speculation has always abounded about why the sea turtles nest when they do. In Costa Rica, on the beaches of Tortuguero where green turtles nest in large numbers, Jack Rudloe turned up a legend among the Costa Ricans about a turtle rock. In his book, Time of the Turtle, Rudloe tells the s
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