'I want to spread awareness to people around me and people on the other side of the world to hear the leatherback turtle story, why they're going extinct,' said 12-year-old Prin Uthaisangchai.
The Bangkok secondary school pupil is producing a short documentary about the snappers, under a programme run by the Environmental and Social Foundation, an NGO working to educate children about conservation.
That was a telltale sign the eggs buried inside were starting to crack and that sometime that night the hatchlings would emerge and make a dash to the ocean under the cover of darkness.Donning plastic gloves, they carefully dug into the nest to give each squirming critter a helping hand into the world.
"I feel very disappointed how we have to interfere with a natural living thing that shouldn't need a human's help," said Prin.Leatherbacks -- the world's largest sea turtle weighing up to 500 kilogrammes -- are a rarity in Thailand thanks to habitat loss, plastic pollution and consumption of their eggs.
The pandemic allowed the turtles to reclaim beaches usually packed with tourists, with marine biologists recording an increase in nests.
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