I was recently on holiday and noticed a large crowd gathered near the beach. I walked over to find that they were all watching a turtle laying her eggs about a foot away from the busy boardwalk. After we watched her shuffle around and push for about 30 minutes she seemed to give up and started heading back for the sea. Just after, a policeman showed up, asked us all to leave, and blamed us for her failure for “stressing her out”.
Is it true that our quiet presence would have bothered her that much? I still feel badly about it.
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I was recently on holiday and noticed a large crowd gathered near the beach. I walked over to find that they were all watching a turtle laying her eggs about a foot away from the busy boardwalk. After we watched her shuffle around and push for about 30 minutes she seemed to give up and started heading back for the sea. Just after, a policeman showed up, asked us all to leave, and blamed us for her failure for “stressing her out”.
Is it true that our quiet presence would have bothered her that much? I still feel badly about it.
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