Marriage proposal gone wrong
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Romantic Wedding Proposal Results in Mass Turtle Death:
A Hilton Head, S.C., man's elaborate candlelight wedding proposal resulted in the death of 60 endangered sea turtles.
The unnamed man lit about 150 luminaries and stuck them on the beach in the shape of a giant heart. Unfortunately, it's hatchling season, and 60 endangered sea turtles were also on the beach, emerging from their eggs to head towards the ocean. Turtles find their way to the ocean by the light of the moon -- with the glow from the gigantic heart being bright enough to spot from 300 feet away, the turtles could not find the ocean and all but one, which is not expected to survive, died. Many of them circled around the lights trying to find the water and were eaten by crabs. Others headed toward lagoons and backyards and died.
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