When we excavate nests after the end of the incubation period, sometimes we find live hatchlings (hooray!), sometimes we find unfertilised eggs, and sometimes we find embryos/ fetuses (sad).
Dr. Chen Pelf Nyok doing a post-mortem on Southen River Terrapin (Batagur affinis) eggs that failed to hatch at the Turtle Conservation Society hatchery in T...