We were at the beach a few days back and saw a dead turtle and nidhi was full of questions.
How did the turtle die, what could have happened? I told her she may have hurt herself in a fishing net or a trawler and she wanted the turtle to escape from the net. I said maybe she escaped but hurt herself in the process and could not survive. I told her that mother turtles come to the beach to lay eggs and go back into the ocean. And when the baby turtle hatch they run to the sea and swim. She wanted to know how the baby turtles will find the mother turtle? And what they will eat? And after all this heavy serious conversation, she was playing in the sand for a long time.
How did the turtle die, what could have happened? I told her she may have hurt herself in a fishing net or a trawler and she wanted the turtle to escape from the net. I said maybe she escaped but hurt herself in the process and could not survive. I told her that mother turtles come to the beach to lay eggs and go back into the ocean. And when the baby turtle hatch they run to the sea and swim. She wanted to know how the baby turtles will find the mother turtle? And what they will eat? And after all this heavy serious conversation, she was playing in the sand for a long time.
