Watch 14 extremely rare albino sea turtles just born in Con Dao

Con Dao National Park (Con Dao special zone, Ho Chi Minh City) has successfully hatched and released 56 baby turtles into the sea. Among them are 14 extremely rare albino turtles.

Con Dao National Park (Con Dao special zone, Ho Chi Minh City) has successfully hatched and released 56 baby turtles into the sea. Among them are 14 extremely rare albino turtles.

Unlike normal sea turtles, albino turtles have bright ivory shells, frosty white borders and transparent pink eyes. Photo: Tien Phong.

This is the first time Con Dao National Park has recorded such a large number of healthy albino turtles born in this area. Photo: Tien Phong.

Every year, Con Dao National Park records about 3-4 albino turtle nests. However, most albino turtles often have congenital defects such as no eyes or amputated swimming, with only slightly pink eyes. Photo: Con Dao National Park.

Although most of the newly born albino turtles are healthy and agile, their journey to survival is extremely harsh when facing threats from "natural enemies" such as crabs, birds and large fish. Photo: Con Dao National Park.

In addition, albino turtles are also affected by pollution, unsustainable fishing and habitat degradation. Photo: Tien Phong.

In addition, with their characteristic white shells that provide poor camouflage, albino turtles are easily detected and attacked by predators. Therefore, the rate of albino turtles surviving to adulthood is not high. Photo: Tien Phong.

Readers are invited to watch the video : Discovering many new species in the Mekong River Region. Source: THĐT1.

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