Mermaid Blog - Sea Turtles

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I've been out swimming with dolphins, enjoying careening through large waves at high tide, body surfing with them and with the many other sea beings who enjoy surfing and playing when the waves are large! Other mammals like dolphins and porpoises do, and even manatees, and many types of fish like I am of all sizes love to be lifted up, carried for a ride, and, depending on the size of the fish and of the wave, some smaller ones jump out of the face of the folding wave and jump backward to behind the wave lines, and some dive straight down into the water as it's pulling backward, under the wave before it falls!

I do some of both, since we Mers tend to a larger size than many of the other fish who body surf, but then again, many of the sea mammals who body surf do so further away from the beach and the shallow water, following boats and getting lifted up by the wakes the crafts bring!

Along with having fun and enjoying the colors of the sunsets, as all the fish who live near enough to the surface do, jumping up sometimes in whole troops to see the strong fuscias, goldens, and oranges spread out along the horizon and to say a shimmering good-night to the Sun, I've been staying close to the areas where the magnificent sea turtles lay their eggs, watching out for the nests and so on. Now the babies are mainly hatched and out in the open seas of the world enjoying their childhoods!

I'm happy in a way that Baby Turtle season is over, since I worry about their nests, strewn out along our coastlines in the warm seas, and watched over by countless wonderful human volunteers, who walk the beaches morning and night to find and to protect their nests with fencing, and so on - not because I don't adore seeing the Darling Babies clambering cutely along the sand and running straight into the water to swim their tiny hearts out! Not because of them, of course - just because it's stressful, helping to watch out for them! I and many other Mers spend lots of time near the shore, just making sure their nests are safe while the Mama turtles are laying the eggs and while the little eggs are needing safety while the babies develop inside, and then - oh, joy! - the babies hatch! We're all out there, making commotions with our huge tails to divert people who might carelessly walk too near the nests, or making noise to deter birds from going near, and scaring away alligators or other animals!

And when we're in shallow water, it's not as comfortable, with our long tails, and with our need to stay incognito, so it's understandable that our favorite part of the whole seven month period is when we Mers can breathe a watery lungful of relief and retreat out to deep water as we escort the Baby Turtles !They're so cute! We love helping the humans who protectcthe turtles, and when the babies hatch, then we get to accompany them as they swim with their precious little arms out to sea, unlike the humans!

This is the most fun part of all! We wish we could share this with those who devote their time to be "foster parents" for all wildlife.

We adore the humans who volunteer to help save innocent lives!

So, after the babies begin to swim, we collectively stretch out to our full length and go out to kelp beds where we - all Mers are vegan, of course - feed on fresh seaweed with the little newborn turtles!

Then, we Mers, stretching and swimming all around, get to see tons of these little dolls as they discover our fabulous underwater world!

It's a really fun time of year, and I thought I'd share it with you, since most humans will never know the thrill of seeing the babies hatch, and no human will ever see them learning to swim out at sea.

I hope you can imagine it!

Being a Mer is fun!