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Another hypothesis

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I was digging up a clutch on Melbourne Beach, Florida. An old man on his early morning beach walk stopped to watch and we got chatting about sea turtles. Eventually he inquired how hatchlings know when to emerge from the nest. When I got through giving him a thorough biological explanation, he shook his head and said, “God tells them” and walked on…