Of Swimming Tortoises and Saving Sea Turtles Saturdays seem to be slow news days. Today, we bring you more stories of saving sea turtles, but more interestingly, the recollection of a story about a swimming (or floating) Aldabra tortoise. While the occurrence of the tortoise coming ashore on a beach in Tanzania is more than 10 years old, it reminds of some of Darwin’s theories […]
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They Are Not Ninja Turtles But They Still Face a Fight The Annam leaf turtles (Mauremys annamensis) are now classified as Critically Endangered due to over-hunting for its meat and habitat destruction. They are now on the brink of extinction but some zoos are working hard with this species to save it. At London Zoo, a new habitat has been developed for this species. The
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Turtle Survival Alliance annual conference The Turtle Survival Alliance​’s annual conference will be held from August 6-9 in Tucson, Arizona. Yesterday, the TSA released the “Call for Papers” for those interested in giving a presentation during the conference. We will be organizing one of the sessions for their conference with myself serving as Session Chair for a session entitled Captive Husbandry – Collaboration & Conservation.
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Spotlight on Sea Turtles in Lebanon Every year, without exception, sea turtles lay eggs on the Tyre Beach Nature Reserve in Lebanon. Hasan Hamza, the manager of the reserve, wants to help protecting and saving these beautiful creatures. Sea pollution along with accidental by-catch plays against these turtles every year. An overall lack of cultural awareness among fishermen enhance this woes as well. Fishermen do
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All Turtles are go The title photo is from Gerry Kehoe who describes the local flora and fauna that is now emerging at his local Horn pond. These lovely specimens are definitely enjoying the sun, although I’m not sure if his wood turtle identification is correct, can any body confirm? His article can be found in the ecology section. In fact over the past couple
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Anthony man-crushes on our staff member, Ben. John and Anthony also highlight this TED talk from Jon Mooallem, a new blog from Anthony, and spent some time talking about everyone’s favorite, tiny, elusive turtle.
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Dare to reverse the trend that has led to countless suffering animals There is a common, but wholly inaccurate, view that the turtle species most often seen in captivity are the best fit for a family pet or first turtle. I am here to tell you that this common view is not only completely incorrect, but also potentially dangerous for the animals and aspiring keepers
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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
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Turn Those Lights Off! It’s Turtle Nesting Season! From May 1st to October 31st, it’s turtle nesting season in Florida. Therefore, all lights visible from the beaches must be turned off from 9pm to 5am. As you may know, artificial lights have a significant negative impact on hatching turtles; they lure them inland instead of seaward. As a result, may hatchlings get lost and end
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