George Heinrich of The Big Turtle Year to discuss findings at Trout Lake Nature Center, FL
The hunt ended Dec. 28, 2017, with the discovery of the Florida chicken turtle at Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve in Collier County.
“In the end, only two species were not found: the Apalachicola alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys apalachicolae) and yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens),” Heinrich wrote in a blog post in January 2018 about the experience. “We tried for them in Georgia and Texas respectively, but it was not to be.”
Heinrich’s appearance at Trout Lake, 520 E. County Road 44, is set for 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. The program is free but donations are welcome.
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Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Vietnam: Con Dao National Park has become an ideal nesting site for sea turtles
South Africa: geometric tortoises (Psammobates geometricus) in Western Cape suffering from fires, drought
Ecology
Cayman Islands: plans to install turtle safe lighting along Seven Mile Beach in West Bay
India: 40kg soft-shelled turtle found during pond cleaning, moved to safe location
Education
Vietnam: legendary Yangtze giant soft-shelled turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) plastinated after death, on display at local temple in Hanoi
Cayman Islands: seminar for turtle-friendly lighting held, property owners learn how to help turtles
Health & Medical
USA: FWC asks public to help investigate freshwater turtle die-offs, novel virus identified
Miscellany
USA: Florida Aquarium needs help naming its new inhabitant loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
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Photo from Deborah Theisen.
