"I didn't find anything unusual either. Or at least, anything that felt unusual in this situation. But I'm not infallible," he says with a quiet sigh. It's obviously a sticking point, that he doesn't know everything there is to know about these turtles.

"I'll leave that up to your discretion. I know you're an optimist but we also have to be pragmatic when we're in positions of power. All I ask is that you don't let on to the hatchlings about this concerns, whatever you might decide."