Science knows very little about sea turtles in the open ocean.

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Furthermore, because both female turtles and their hatchlings navigate their way to the ocean using the bright moonlight reflecting off the breaking surf, artificial lights could disorientate them and send them towards danger.

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He joked that it is akin to turtles hatching on a beach and running in mass toward the ocean.

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Just an hour from Khasab are dive sites with schools of blue and yellow Indian Ocean angelfish, Arabian butterfly fish, snappers, lionfish, groupers, stingrays and turtles.

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When you take into account the ease with which they inhabit the ocean, free dive to depths of 15m or more, hold their breath for minutes, hunt for turtles, shells and sea cucumbers, and navigate between distant islands, led only by instinct, both names are equally fitting.

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