Turtle sign

Here is a sign north of town that warns people not to drive their quads over the beaches were turtles lay their eggs.  I like the dialogue by the baby turtle, who appeals to the conscience of the rider by pleading, "Dude, Please don't kill me."  I guess the authorities that placed the sign thought that if the quad drivers might not respect the authority of the sign, maybe they would obey the plea of a baby turtle who calls them a "dude."

The beaches near Tamarindo are important nesting sites for sea turtles.  Playa Grande, which occupies the north half of Tamarindo Bay, is within Las Baulas National Marine Park and is protected as the nesting site for the endangered leatherback turtles.