Fusarium solani a suspect?

Humans are no longer the ONLY main cooperates for the 30 year decline of the Atlantic sea turtles (Caretta caretta), or at least that’s the claim done by a group of scientists working in Cape Verde, Africa. The study discussed in yesterday’s article in Science Daily states that the decline of the Atlantic sea turtles can be attributed to a fungus Fusarium solani. This particular fungus infects the soil, which contain perfect conditions for this fungus, in which the sea turtle eggs are covered. Scientist are attributing this newly discovery to the rapid decline in population of the sea turtle. This definitely marks the way for new measures in protecting the species and preventing this from declining the population. It took 30 years to make the connection, its funny how science is so quick to point the finger at Man and not take into consideration any other natural factors. By any means is this not defending Man, we still manage to pollute our beaches, leave fishing gear laying around, and tamper with turtle nesting sites but the connection with fungus and egg could have been identified earlier.