Wildlife experts in Costa Rica have blasted a mob of selfie-crazed tourists who scared endangered sea turtles away from their nesting spots.
Carlos Hernandez, one of the administrators at Ostional Wildlife Refuge – which was established in 1984 to protect one of the world’s most important nesting sites of the olive ridley sea turtle – reported that the eco-tourists disturbed the very turtles they were there to admire.
According to reports, buss loads of tourists took to the beach to snap selfies, upsetting the turtles with camera flashes and blocking their path to the shore, with some particularly ignorant people even placing their children on top… Read the full story