The first 24 hours are known as the "frenzy" period for baby sea turtles, during which they must emerge from their nest, figure out where the ocean is, and scramble there without being eaten. Plenty of predators are happy to disrupt that last step, but there is safety in numbers, since predators can only eat so much at once. In hopes of helping these endangered turtles, researchers conducted the first study of how extended crawling and swimming affects disoriented hatchlings.