the easternmost point of oman, the ras al jeans reserve has been established to help preserve and protect the population of these rare marine animals every year more 20,000 of the greenest turtles return to the coast of oman to breed. they go on a long journey from africa and india to their birthplace, scientists believe that they use the earth's magnetic field to navigate, mating can take up to 6 hours. all this time, the male holds the female with long claws of the forelimbs. even when they have to come up to get some air. the female needs to fertilize all the eggs, so she will mate with multiple males. sea turtles stay in shallow water nearby with the beach for more than a month. each comes ashore about four times, each time laying up to 200 eggs. this usually happens at dusk bringing coolness. carries the turtle ashore but she is not alone here. the turtle hardly makes his way between the nests made by other sleds. there is so little space on the beach that new nests are being dug on top of the old ones. eggs fly out of the sand one after another. this female recklessly digs up the cl