The common shrew has to eat almost nonstop or it will starve.
Turtle eggs offer lifeline to dunes
Turtle eggs offer lifeline to dunes Researchers have discovered that the nutrients
from unhatched loggerhead turtle eggs help to fertilize the dunes
where they are laid. Coastal dunes, where turtles lay their eggs,
are very fragile and the nutrients from the eggs help to enhance
the health of the dunes. 15 AUGUST 1998, P. 11