How do sea turtles find their way over great distances to the same beach every time to lay their eggs?
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Biologists believe that nesting female turtles return to the same beach where they were born. This beach is referred to as a natal beach. Often sea turtles must travel long distances from their feeding grounds to their natal beach. Just how sea turtles find their natal beaches is not known. It is thought that hatchlings learn a magnetic preference ( 'calibrate' their magnetic compass) while undergoing oriented crawling down the beach and/or swimming into waves. Some scientist theorize that the hatchlings calibrate their compass by the position of the moon.
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