Alligator snapping turtle making a comeback thanks to Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery
Spanning 235 acres next to Pennington Creek, the TNFH stands as the largest federal hatchery in the southwest region of the U.S., and the largest warm-water hatchery in the country. It features three fish-holding houses, four circular tanks, and six large concrete raceways. But underneath the surface of a select few of its 62 ponds, the alligator snapping turtle is quietly making its comeback. “One of our core mission values is to keep the species from becoming extinct,” said Ralph Simmons, assistant project leader for the hatchery. “We work with threatened, endangered, and sport species like paddlefish, catfish, alligator gar and the Arkansas River shiner. But we are the only federal hatchery working with alligator snapping turtles.” Click the link to read more about this story…
Plus watch a Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle) being freed from fishing gear; Conservation section. Autistic boy writes a book to teach others about autism featuring all turtles; Education section and straws that suck less for sea turtles in the Health & Medical section.
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Biology
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Crime & Punishment
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Education
9-year-old uses love of turtles to write book to help educate others on autism
Health & Medical
Make straws suck less: Switch to these paper ones that help fund sea turtle research
Miscellany
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Who’s Who…
Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778). A Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who formalised the modern system of naming organisms called binomial nomenclature. Described Emys orbicularis and Chelonoidis denticulata etc…
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