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Every Baby Sea Turtle in Florida Seems to Be Female. We Warned You, Scientists Say

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A turtle hospital in Florida said all the turtles they tested for the past four years have been female, a worrying trend it attributes to climate change.

in 2018 that within a few decades to a century,"There will not be enough males in sea turtle populations."

It's common for a group of sea turtle nests to hatch about 90 percent females, and evidence suggests that only a few males are needed to fertilize all the eggs. A few studies have also suggested that males could still be produced from a hot nest if the eggs are wet.

 

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