I didn’t know turtle egg poaching was a thing but I’m glad to learn this secret egg tracker is on the case! A real fun note is the idea came from Breaking Bad.
From Sciantific American:
Poachers take note. If you’re thinking about stealing eggs from the nests of sea turtles on the beaches of Costa Rica, well, you may wind up getting more than you bargained for. Because researchers have combined GPS technology with 3D printing to produce decoy eggs that look and feel like real turtle eggs…but can track where traffickers go when they swipe these endangered embryos. The egg-saving efforts are mapped out in the journal Current Biology