In Rome, Italy 60 newly hatched sea turtles almost ended up as the main course at an Italian restaurant last Monday.  These poor little sea turtles lost their way after hatching on the beach near the Italian restaurant and ended up wondering inside instead of into the ocean.Antonio Colucci works on turtle monitoring projects for the conservation group, the world wide fund for nature (WWF) was called in to help rescue the turtles before they turned into dinner. He stated, ”They saw the artificial lights and took the wrong route… The diners were at first quite curious and then someone alerted the coastal authorities."Most sea turtles live for about 80 years and return to the place where they were born to nest and late eggs every single year. It takes 30 years for an adult female sea turtle to mature fully before she returns to the beach to lay eggs. After about two months the eggs hatch and hundreds of little sea turtles will crawl up at the beach towards the ocean where they will continue the life cycle.However, on occasion the baby hatchlings will get lost on the way to the ocean. It is believed that baby sea turtles are guided tour of the ocean by the light of the moon as it hovers over the sea when they hatch in mass. Yet, the recent development of coastal property has created a lot of light pollution at night. This light pollution sometimes confuses baby turtles when they hatch and they’ll start marching towards it instead of the ocean like these baby turtles did in Rome.On occasions like this rescue workers must go in and turn the baby hatchlings around. These stranded turtles who hatched on a beach in the southern Italian region of the Calabria were captured and released into the sea.Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/sc_nm/italy_turtles_dc;_ylt=AkABBZ9fPCjissQo0hQNcuF4hMgF