Manning River turtle eggs hatching for Easter. Video by Aussie Ark.

Manning River turtle eggs for Easter? Aussie Ark's are hatching. Video by Aussie Ark 2024.

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00:00 Easter is coming and this year Aussie Ark has the best Easter egg hunt of all.

00:08 Wow, I can see the top of an egg here.

00:13 Wow.

00:14 We're thrilled to announce our freshwater turtles have laid eggs.

00:18 We have breeding and rewilding program for many river turtle, bells turtles and hunter

00:22 river turtles.

00:23 Over the past summer, all three species laid eggs.

00:28 Egg numbers are 42 many river turtle eggs, 28 bells turtle eggs and 38 hunter river turtle

00:35 eggs.

00:36 Far out, what a good mum.

00:38 That's a grand total of 108 eggs.

00:42 And those eggs are hatching.

00:43 This

01:13 is the first time Aussie Ark has had reproductive success with all three species here at Conservation

01:19 Ark facility.

01:29 This year, I'm Aussie Ark's proud Easter bunny, guarding over this precious collection of

01:33 eggs.

01:34 Aren't they exquisite?

01:37 And check out the hatchlings emerging, like miniature dinosaurs.

01:40 How incredible.

01:44 These hatchlings will be cared for at Conservation Ark and then released into the wild one day.

01:53 This is an expensive journey.

01:55 We need your help.

01:57 So this Easter, while you eat your chocolate eggs, please help our turtle eggs.

02:01 Every donation goes into the draw to win an exclusive behind the scenes tour, Conservation

02:06 Ark, located on the grounds of the Australian Reptile Park here on the Central Coast.

02:13 How egg-citing is that?

02:20 Donate now at aussieark.org.au

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