Egg collection in 2024 has meant the harvest of 20 nests between Tracajás (Podocnemis unifilis) and Irapuca (Podocnemis erythrocephala). This means a quantity of more than 300 eggs. It should be noted that Puranga Flow is the Chelonian preservation area closest to Manaus. Just 40 kilometers away.
Its difficulty is much greater because it is an area where the pressure of food consumption and illegal trade of Chelonians is very high. All the eggs were transferred to the tamandua incubator where our collaborator Renata buried the eggs in a previously made cave with the same measurements and depth as the original cave.
When the eggs are removed from the natural cave, they are preserved in expanded polystyrene boxes in the same order and with the original sand deposited by the parent turtle. This sand contains a mucus that is transported in the aforementioned box to the incubator, pursuing the success of the preservation intervention.
The incubation temperature by sunlight will determine the gender of the Chelonians.
Approximately 2 months after planting in the incubator, hatching occurs and the small Chelonio end up emerging from their nests.

