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Candle’lit proposal tragic for turtles

Charlotte Observer [NC], by Daniel Brownstein Posted By: muncssister- Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:31:37 GMT Hilton Head, S.C.' A romantic marriage proposal on a Hilton Head Island beach this week had an unintended consequence: the death of about 60 federally protected loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings. A man had placed about 150 luminarias ' bags with lit candles inside ' in the shape of a heart on the beach near Palmetto Dunes on Tuesday night, according to volunteers with the Sea Turtle Project who monitor the nests. After the

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