YAKUSHIMA, KAGOSHIMA PREF. – There are gasps as the sand starts to move and a tiny black form breaks the surface.
We’ve been hunkered down on the dark beach — completely still in the muggy heat for what seems like hours — and the reaction is equal part relief and amazement: Our wait to see loggerhead turtles hatching on Yakushima is over.
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