Hanoi giant turtle remains in cold storage as preservation plans undecided
One month on, the body remains in the cold storage room, with a temperature of 15 below zero degrees Celsius, as the Hanoi administration has yet to decide what should be done, according to the museum director. “It is not simple to mummify the turtle so intensive consideration is inevitable.” The Vietnam National Museum of Nature and the Hanoi Department of Science and Technology have proposed three methods to preserve the turtle body, according to the director. They include wet and dry mummification, and plasticization…
Plus, a video by seaturtle.org about the impact of rising sea levels on the Florida coast line; 3D scanning tortoise fossils and honours in the Conservation section. Egg and turtle smuggles caught in the Crime & Punishment section and lots more.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Green sea turtles battered on two fronts
Beyond the camp, day one: prehistoric giant tortoise and crocodiles
Beach project delayed by sea turtle concerns
Club honours turtle conservationist
Crime & Punishment
605 turtles rescued in Mainpuri
Hemet couple pleads guilty to smuggling over 900 sea turtle eggs
Education
Video: Sea Turtle Conservancy Presents “Ahead of the Tide”
Traveling turtle exhibit coming to Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center
Health & Medical
Daisy blossoming, thanks to surgery
Miscellany
College JCRs ponder pet tortoise logistics
Tortoise breeder accused of witchcraft
Did You Know…
The excertion by a nesting green sea turtle is compatable in duration and relative magnitude to that of a marathon runner.
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Photo from Tuoi Tre.
