Rite of spring: Army base on Okinawa sees season’s first green sea turtle

A 100-million-year-old reproductive ritual continued Wednesday at this small Army installation on Okinawa’s western coast. A green sea turtle crawled ashore at Torii Beach, methodically dug a hole next to a Morale, Welfare and Recreation pavilion and went to work laying and burying her eggs in the sand.
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Video footage by Keishi Koja/Stars and Stripes
Still imagery from the U.S. Army
Edited by Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes