The Wildlife Conservation Society has released footage of the hatching of hundreds of thousands of giant South American river turtles. It is the largest single gathering of turtles in the world and happens annually along the Guaporé/Iténez River on the border between Brazil and Bolivia. An estimated 80,000 adult females lay their eggs in sand along the beaches in September and they hatch between December and January. Once the turtles emerge, they crawl to the river and disperse