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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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Items for children, such as these sea turtle puppets, can be found in the park's camp store.
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Items for children, such as these sea turtle puppets, can be found in the park's camp store.

During the summer, the park usually offers an interpretive program designed around families. The specific activity/topic may be anything, but focuses on material suitable for young children and often involves learning about sea turtles or other wildlife.

Books, puzzles, coloring books, and other items for children can be found in the Malaquite Visitor Center bookstore co-located with the information desk and museum.

The park's camp store also offers a variety of items for children including toy buckets and shovels, floats, beach balls, frisbees, ear plugs, goggles, toys, kites, boogie boards, and skim boards.

Nesting Kemp's ridley
Sea Turtle Hatchling Releases
Follow this link to find out about attending sea turtle hatchling releases.
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Did You Know?
Eighteen species of birds found at Padre Island are on Texas or Federal endangered species lists as endangered, threatened, or as species of concern?
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Last Updated: August 19, 2006 at 18:47 EST