On June 23rd, Fong and I went to Makcik Lina’s in Kampung Mangkok, Setiu to excavate all the river terrapin nests that were still undergoing incubation. Some of the nests had been undergoing incubation for more than 100 days, and we were very worried about the conditions of any live hatchlings in the nests, so we decided to excavate the nests and analyze the contents of each nest.

After about an hour, we managed to recover 73 hatchlings from the all the nests. We then brought all the hatchlings back to the hatchery on campus and we marked, weighed and measured all of them. These hatchlings will be raised on campus for their release, hopefully 3 years later.

Photo credit: Fong

• Great news from the Kemaman River
• The terrapins have been released
• Preparing painted terrapins for release
• Little Princess, the amazing hawksbill that nests in Chagar Hutang
• An update on the Setiu River egg protection program