Education, Education, Education
In contrast to last weekends news articles which featured heavily about poaching, this weekend we have stories about education. As tortoise and turtles become more active in the North America so do the education talks and walks. So if you have one nearby why not pop along. In other news we have an update on the Bellinger River turtles, firefighters wrangling a snapper from a culvert and a Leatherback sea turtle rescue.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
That’s one big unhappy blockage.
Plan may save Bellinger River’s rare snapping turtles.
Leatherback sea turtle saved from crab trap off Clearwater.
Sea turtle appears on the day Unjami festival honors the sea gods.
Rehabilitated Sea Turtle Named After Pop Singer Released Off Florida Keys.
Education
Kahalu’u Bay Education Center’s Turtle Talk.
FGCU professor to discuss gopher tortoise research project.
Community Members Gather At Smith and Bybee Wetlands For Turtle Walk.
Did You Know…
The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) mouths is camouflaged, and possesses a vermiform (literally, “worm-shaped”) appendage on the tip of its tongue used to lure fish, a form of Peckhamian mimicry.
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Photo from Alan Sylvestre
