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Padre Island National SeashoreHatchlings are about two inches in length, more or less, depending on their species.
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Padre Island National Seashore
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Two Kemp's ridley hatchlings
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Two Kemp's ridley hatchlings

National Park Service (Padre Island National Seashore)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

NOAA Fisheries (formerly National Marine Fisheries Service)

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Shell Oil Company Foundation

National Park Foundation

Unilever

HEART Sea Turtle Restoration Project

University of Texas

Texas Master Naturalists

Texas General Land Office

University of Charleston

University of Alabama

Texas A&M University

Norcross Wildlife Foundation

Western National Parks Association

Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program

U.S. Coast Guard

Forever Resorts

Seaspace

H.E.B.

Mexico’s Procuraduria Federal de Proteccion al Ambiente (PROF EPA)

Gladys Porter Zoo

Sea Turtle, Inc.

Gobierno de Tamaulipas (SEDUE)

Secretaria de Media Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT)

Camara Nacional de la Industria Pasquera (CANAIPES)

Comision Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP)

Secretaria de Obras Publicas Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia (SOPDUE)

Zoologico de Tamatan

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Did You Know?
The wreck of three Spanish ships near the southern end of the island in 1554 was the greatest disaster to hit the Spanish fleet in the New World up to that time?
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Last Updated: February 22, 2007 at 15:37 EST