Hawksbill- Turtles of the A&N - 3

The Hawksbill is perhaps the least commonly seen of the 4 sea turtles that come to nest of the beaches of the A&N Islands. In nearly 15 years of travelling in the islands, I have seen them on only a couple of occassions, and not always in very pleasant circumstances...

A hawksbill hatchling on North Cinque Island Wildlife Sanctuary. This little fellow was found trapped in a small pool of water above the high tide line. It scrambled quickly to the sea the moment we picked it up and put it down on the sands of the beach (Winter 2006)

This is an adult that was found on the same beach on North Cinque the same day, but completely entangled in a fishing net. It was only chance that we found it and released it back in to the sea. Would have certainly died of exhaustion, heat and starvation otherwise (North Cinque Island, Winter 2006)

This one was obviously not so lucky (Wandoor, South Andaman, Winter 1998)

For more pics of turtles in the A&N you can look up
http://3fotosaday.blogspot.com/2009/11/here-are-few-pictures-of-turtle.html
http://3fotosaday.blogspot.com/2009/11/turtles-of-a-1.html