La Ventanilla, Oaxaca

Playa La Ventanilla is a beach community that is located in the municipality of Santa María Tonameca Pochutla in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.cite web |url=http:// http://www.oaxaca-mio.com/playas_esp/laventanilla.htm |title=Servicios ecoturisticos La Ventanilla |accessdate=2008-02-21 |format= |work= ] It is 4 km west of Mazunte.cite journal |last= Quintanar Hinojosa |first=Beatriz |year=2007 |month= August |title=La Ventanilla |journal=Guía México Desconocido: Oaxaca |volume= 137 |pages= 69 |url= www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx ]

The village is inhabited by 25 families who work to preserve the environment, especially the mangrove swamps. They manage nurseries for crocodiles, parakeets and white-tail deer, as well as for baby sea turtles, of which they release 15,000 every year.

An abundant variety of wildlife lives in the mangroves lives such as many varieties of birds, crocodiles, iguanas, and various types of crustaceans. During the rainy season the water level of the lagoon here rises and meets the sea. This prompts dolphins and sea turtles to enter and feed on the crustaceans.

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