For nearly four decades, residents in southern India’s coastal city of Chennai have patrolled moonlit beaches at night trying to protect sea turtles and their hatchlings that for millennia have nested along these shores. (AP video by Mahesh Kumar)

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Chennai residents patrol beaches at night trying to protect sea turtles and their hatchlings

Name: Chennai residents patrol beaches at night trying to protect sea turtles and their hatchlings
Uploaded: 2025-04-07T09:37:14.802Z
Duration: 1 min 11 s
Description: For nearly four decades, residents in southern India's coastal city of Chennai have patrolled moonlit beaches at night trying to protect sea turtles and their hatchlings that for millennia have nested along these shores. (AP video by Mahesh Kumar)

For nearly four decades, residents in southern India’s coastal city of Chennai have patrolled moonlit beaches at night trying to protect sea turtles and their hatchlings that for millennia have nested along these shores. (AP video by Mahesh Kumar)