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The Engineer - TurtleSense helps scientists predict hatching of sea turtles

A low-cost sensor resembling a sea turtle egg and dubbed TurtleSense is enabling enables scientists to monitor turtle nests remotely and predict when hatchlings will emerge.

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Sensor Disguised as a Sea Turtle Egg Predicts Hatching Dates

A new inexpensive sensor engineered to look like a sea turtle egg allows researchers to observe nests remotely and predict when hatchlings will hatch.

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Fake Egg Gives Baby Sea Turtles a Better Crack at Survival

Fake Egg Gives Baby Sea Turtles a Better Crack at Survival
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Sensor disguised as sea turtle egg allows conservationists to remotely predict nest hatching time

Sensor disguised as sea turtle egg allows conservationists to remotely predict nest hatching time
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To help protect newly hatched baby sea turtles, we designed a tool for sensing activity inside their nests

Scientists don’t know what prompts turtle hatchlings to emerge from their nests and head for the water, but vibrations appear to play a role.

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