![\"Turtle](\"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tortue-17.jpg\")
<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Underwater, we can see them taking astonished or haughty poses, when divers pass by with their noisy string of bubbles. They have on us the superiority of their long apneas.<\/p>\n
If we disturb them, they go off with calm and determination. A few clawed flippers are enough to dig the distance.<\/p>\n
But most of the time, they ignore us superbly. Some of them stay asleep in the coral, their eyes half closed. Others are too busy grazing the reef with their beaks.<\/p>\n They're beautiful, these turtles. Some of them are really big. We come across them on almost every dive!<\/p>\n At night, we can also observe them on the sand, when they come to lay their eggs. Another \"emotion\" sequence...<\/p>\n The eggs are all round and all white, similar to ping-pong balls.<\/p>\n There is a small turtle nursery in Derawan, which is run by a local WWF office.<\/p>\n It already existed during my previous visit, in 2009. I had published an article on the subject, at the time (you will find links and additional information):<\/p>\n \u2192 Small turtle will become big<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The eggs laid on the beach are then dug up by the men in charge of the conservation program, then put back to hatch under the sand, but inside the protective enclosure of the nursery, where nothing will threaten them.<\/p>\n When the babies break the shell to get out, the WWF guys release them at night, on the beach. The tiny turtles then set off towards the sea and their destiny.<\/p>\n Tourists, foreigners and Indonesians alike, love to watch the laying of eggs or the release of babies.<\/p>\n In 2009, I could observe dozens and dozens of small turtles trotting valiantly on the sand and disappearing in the shadow of the waves.<\/p>\n In this month of July 2013, I was lucky enough to witness a spawning!<\/p>\n He is one of the dive guides of\u00a0Derawan Dive Lodge<\/a> where I am staying who warns me, one evening, that it is the moment... One of the guys of the WWF center alerted him on his cell phone. A female started to lay eggs on the sand, two steps away from the nursery.<\/p>\n In principle, all noise and bright lights should be avoided. But the instructions are far from being respected. The news has spread in the village, more and more people arrive and surround the unfortunate turtle... And many cannot resist the photo-souvenir, fingers raised in V, next to the exhausted turtle that has just laid more than a hundred eggs.<\/p>\n The WWF guy also shows us, that evening, two baby turtles, from another clutch, that we will exceptionally put in the water.<\/p>\n Normally, the babies are all released together. I couldn't quite figure out if they were eggs that hatched before or after the others.<\/p>\n Anyway, he let us take one of these little creatures in our hands, with a soft shell, and put it on the wet sand...<\/p>\n Good luck, little turtle!!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc4c<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Off the coast of Borneo, Indonesia, the island of Derawan and its archipelago are an incredible place to observe turtles.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tpgb_global_settings":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[209,211,229,230,563,1650,15,26,295],"class_list":["post-5261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-voyage-borneo-indonesie-malaisie-juillet-2013","tag-derawan","tag-kakaban","tag-sangalaki","tag-maratua","tag-dive-plonger-indonesie","tag-borneo-indonesie","tag-borneo","tag-indonesie","tag-plongee"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tortue-10-UW2.jpg?wsr","tpgb_featured_images":{"full":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tortue-10-UW2.jpg?wsr",1400,933,false],"tp-image-grid":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tortue-10-UW2-700x700.jpg?wsr",700,700,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tortue-10-UW2-250x250.jpg?wsr",250,250,true],"medium":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tortue-10-UW2-390x260.jpg?wsr",390,260,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tortue-10-UW2-770x513.jpg?wsr",770,513,true],"large":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tortue-10-UW2-780x520.jpg?wsr",780,520,true],"default":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-plus-addons-for-block-editor\/assets\/images\/tpgb-placeholder.jpg"},"tpgb_post_meta_info":{"get_date":"1 September 2013","get_modified_date":"24 October 2024","category_list":{"category":[{"term_id":224,"name":"Born\u00e9o : Indon\u00e9sie + Malaisie - juillet 2013","slug":"voyage-borneo-indonesie-malaisie-juillet-2013","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":229,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Voyage sur l'\u00eele de Born\u00e9o, en Malaisie et Indon\u00e9sie. Plong\u00e9es dans l'archipel de Derawan (Maratua, Kakaban, Sangalaki)\u00a0; \u00e0 Sipadan, Mabul et Kapalai\u00a0; \u00e0 Kota Kinabalu (Pulau Gaya). \u00c9tapes \u00e0 Kuching et Kuala Lumpur. ","parent":0,"count":10,"filter":"raw","term_order":"26"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":209,"name":"Derawan","slug":"derawan","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":214,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":15,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":211,"name":"Kakaban","slug":"kakaban","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":216,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"Kakaban, l'incroyable \u00eele avec son lac aux m\u00e9duses au large de Born\u00e9o (Indon\u00e9sie), offre aussi aux plongeurs des r\u00e9cifs coralliens de toute beaut\u00e9, c\u00f4t\u00e9 mer.","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":229,"name":"Sangalaki","slug":"sangalaki","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":234,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":230,"name":"Maratua","slug":"maratua","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":235,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":563,"name":"Plonger en Indon\u00e9sie","slug":"dive-plonger-indonesie","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":568,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":86,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":1650,"name":"Born\u00e9o (Indon\u00e9sie)","slug":"borneo-indonesie","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1655,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":20,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":15,"name":"Born\u00e9o","slug":"borneo","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":39,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":26,"name":"Indon\u00e9sie","slug":"indonesie","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":26,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"Entre oc\u00e9an Indien et oc\u00e9an Pacifique, au c\u0153ur du Triangle de Corail<\/a>, l'Indon\u00e9sie est \u00e0 mes yeux la plus belle des destinations pour la plong\u00e9e sous-marine. Impossible de se lasser de cet archipel immense, s'\u00e9tirant sur trois fuseaux horaires. Je vous emm\u00e8ne explorer ces fonds d'une richesse extraordinaire, de Bali<\/a> \u00e0\u00a0Sulawesi<\/a>, de Komodo<\/a> \u00e0 Raja Ampat<\/a>, de Born\u00e9o<\/a> aux Moluques<\/a>...","parent":0,"count":182,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},{"term_id":295,"name":"Plong\u00e9e","slug":"plongee","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":38,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"La plong\u00e9e sous-marine est votre passion ? Moi aussi. Ici ou ailleurs, de la Bretagne \u00e0 l'Indon\u00e9sie, je vous emm\u00e8ne sous la surface faire des bulles et d\u00e9couvrir les merveilles de l'oc\u00e9an. Plongez \u00e0 travers l'\u00e9cran !","parent":0,"count":171,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"}]},"author_name":"Corinne Bourbeillon","author_url":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/author\/cbourbeillon\/","author_email":"corinne.pbda@gmail.com","author_website":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/corinne-bourbeillon\/","author_description":"Journaliste, plongeuse et\u00a0photographe sous-marine, Corinne adore faire des bulles avec les\u00a0poissons\u00a0! La beaut\u00e9 du monde et\u00a0de\u00a0l'oc\u00e9an lui ont inspir\u00e9 ce blog. \r\n\r\nEn savoir plus<\/a>","author_facebook":"","author_twitter":"","author_instagram":"","author_role":["administrator"],"author_firstname":"Corinne","author_lastname":"Bourbeillon","user_login":"cbourbeillon","author_avatar":"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nLaying<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nBabies<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","author_avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7542464a0f3c6a1baf2af7786ad5764b10f9d60908fb1278a969310cf533aedd?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","comment_count":13,"post_likes":0,"post_views":0},"tpgb_post_category":{"category":"Born\u00e9o : Indon\u00e9sie + Malaisie - juillet 2013<\/a> ","post_tag":"Derawan<\/a> Kakaban<\/a> Sangalaki<\/a> Maratua<\/a> Plonger en Indon\u00e9sie<\/a> Born\u00e9o (Indon\u00e9sie)<\/a> Born\u00e9o<\/a> Indon\u00e9sie<\/a> Plong\u00e9e<\/a> "},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51096,"href":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5261\/revisions\/51096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}