Leatherback Nest Hatching – North Carolina Outer Banks – August 2009

A very rare leatherback sea turtle nest has hatched on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, with more than 60 leatherback hatchlings making it safely to the ocean. This is a night-vision video shot by Karen Fitzgerald, a volunteer for the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (NEST): nestonline.org To learn more about this event, see “Field Trip Earth,” a conservation education website run by the North Carolina Zoological Society fieldtripearth.org [Please note that there is no audio in this videoclip.]