How do female terrapins navigate to a nesting site?

July 13, 2009 in Reptiles

The answer is “very carefully”.
Female terrapins need to look for a spot above the high tide line to lay a nest for their eggs (They lay on average 2 clutches of approximately a dozen eggs each summer).
The challenge is getting to a spot on the beach above the high tide line (dunes are usually the [...]