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Sea turtles get assistance while laying eggs at a Costa Rican wildlife refuge

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Monday, December 20, 2010; 6:59 PM

A member of the Ostional Integral Development Association helps an olive ridley sea turtle return to the sea after laying its eggs on a beach in Costa Rica's Ostional National Wildlife Refuge. About 800,000 turtles may come to the Pacific Coast refuge this year to lay eggs, according to the association.


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