SUFB 1067: InvestEGGator - The GPS-Enabled Sea Turtle Egg That Exposes Poaching Routes

How To Protect The Ocean · Oct 12, 2020 · 15m

Sea Turtle egg poaching is a big threat to the conservation of these endangered species. Poachers will wait until Sea Turtles lay their eggs on the beach until they grab as many as eggs they can to either sell them or consume them. There are continuous efforts to stop poaching in countries such as Costa Rica.

In an effort to expose the poaching routes, or determine if they even exist, Helen Pheasy used fake Sea Turtle eggs equipped with a GPS unit to identify where Sea Turtle egg poachers went with the eggs, called InvestEGGators.

They planted InvestEGGators into 101 Sea Turtle nests from…