A Basket of Miracles

Hello everyone (^_^)

I just came back from my turtle research in Turtle Islands, Sabah. 

I got a surprise for you all.

Its a red basket...

...filled with newly hatched baby turtles! =^_^=

I was asked by one of the staffs on Turtle Island whether I was interested to help them release the hatchlings into the open ocean. 

It was indeed a great pleasure!

These baby turtles (Green + four Hawksbill turtles) were hatched in the Selingan turtle hatchery that morning.  

Have a safe 'lost years' my babies~!

What kind of research am I currently doing?

You'll find out soon :P Hopefully it would make a good honours project.

None of these would be possible without the help of everyone there in Turtle Islands! Everyone was being sweet and helpful! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to experience these miracles!

Back to the hatchlings,
~.. There's this one turtle I'm concern about....

While other hatchlings went toward the sea, this little one headed off to the opposite direction. I kept on turning it around but it still crawled back to the wrong destination.

 At first, I thought this baby turtle had something wrong with its magnetism (that helps adult turtle to orientate).

 I read some journals that - once the baby hatchlings reached up to the surface,
 they use environmental cues such as the visual lighting from the moon and the ocean; and the beach slope, to navigate them to the water. (source)

...so.. does that mean that this baby turtle is somewhat blind?