turtle eggs harvested at Ostional beach ..Costa Rica

Men carry sacks of Olive Ridley sea turtle eggs harvested at Ostional beach on the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007. The community members of Ostional are allowed by the government to harvest up to 1 million sea turtle eggs to sell throughout Costa Rica. Ostional is one of a handful of beaches around the world where the Olive Ridley sea turtle arrives in mass to lay their eggs, with more than 100 million eggs laid over the week long nesting season.