Turtle nesting season is over - Fuwarat Beach Opens

#MME announces that #Fuwerat #beach will be open from tomorrow for visitors after a successful Turtle nesting season pic.twitter.com/AEy36fobzk

— Baladiya (@Baladiya1) August 10, 2016

cute animal that you didn't know lived in Qatar

VIDEO: Here's another cute animal that you didn't know lived in Qatar: The Kangaroo Mouse! https://t.co/cdXKpsVZKi pic.twitter.com/L4BDao3A8T

— Qatar Living (@qatarliving) July 20, 2016

Turtle eggs hatching season started in Qatar

A cleaning campaign has been conducted today @ #Fuwairat #beach to mark d beginning of turtles eggs hatching season pic.twitter.com/rNKF2kbvam

— Baladiya (@Baladiya1) June 18, 2016

 the new born turtles will drift far far away and they will return exactly to the same place where they were born  - 44 years later ! the eggs of the turtles are considered to be aphrodisiac by many so  they are highly wanted .  there is a ban on collecting turtle eggs  - Qatar is protecting its  marine life this way

After successful hatching The environment & wild/marine life protection Dpt of #MME started returning turtles to sea pic.twitter.com/SWfr0cUZXe

— Baladiya (@Baladiya1) June 19, 2016

Dugongs in Qatar

Did you know ? Qatar has the second largest dudong population in the world after Australia .It is a sea mammal eating plants only .It is about 400 kg and can grow as long as 3 meters . Typically it has low reproductive rate so it is vulnerable to extintion .There is an ongoing research in Qatar about their lives .They are observing the dudongs in the beaches and looking for dudong tusks and they are interviewing fishermen . If you happen to see any of these sea mammals dead or alive then call dr. Mehsin Al-ansi at the Qatar University 7772 9996

2044    


is the year when the hatchlings of turtles will return
to the shores of Qatar to lay eggs at the same place where they saw the daylight themselves