Anthony Pierlioni

Anthony is the Assistant Director of theTurtleRoom, overseeing all video and audio media production, co-hosting The Pondcast with John, and providing support to the Director. He also authors a portion of the educational resources for the site and works with other organizations (AZA and TSA) and privately to develop quality, detailed captive breeding programs of carefully selected turtle and tortoise specimens in an effort to meet theTurtleRoom's conservation goals. Anthony is a social worker who helps people by day and turtles every minute he's not at work. He has a B.A. in Art from Rhode Island College and uses art therapy with his clients often. Anthony currently works most with Red Ear Slider Morphs (T.s.elegans), Spider Tortoises (Pyxis arachnoides arachnoides), and 3-Stripe Mud Turtles (Kinosternon baurii), Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii), Pacific Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata), Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata), European Pond Turtles (Emys orbicularis), as well as a few other species, including a group project with Steve breeding the Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri). His group of P. a. arachnoides are listed in the AZA Species Survival Plan for the species, and the combined G. spengleri project with Steve is also AZA SSP listed. Anthony is a member of the Turtle Survival Alliance, Turtle & Tortoise Preservation Group, and New England Herpetological Society as well as TurtleForum.com, TortoiseBoard.com, and TortoiseForum.org where he can be found as Anthony P. You can contact him at [email protected]. For more about Anthony, head to his bio page.

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Turtley Devoted, Episode 13

A "Light-Hearted" Episode

Your hosts are back with the first guestless show in a while. Shannon has plans for a “light-hearted” episode filled with fun questions, but will they be able to keep it all positive the entire time? This is a fun one. After more than ten years together, Anthony and Shannon actually share stories with each other that they’ve never heard before.

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The Pondcast, Episode 73

Film Director, Ari Taub

In this exciting episode, your hosts are with a good friend of theirs, Ari Taub, an American film director and producer. The turtle related debates in this one get really lively, in a good way. Ari is perhaps best known for his movie, The Fallen, a 2004 war film about the perspectives of Italian, German, and American soldiers during World War II. His latest movie,

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Turtley Devoted, Episode 12

Was it the Jeans, or Who Was Wearing Them?

Shannon and Anthony are excited to bring you this episode of Turtley Devoted, where they speak with one of the most important people in Anthony’s life. Charlie Moorcroft is very well-known in the equestrian community and is becoming more of a household name in the turtle keeping community, following recent videos produced by Greg’s Turtle Haven on YouTube. Anthony and Shannon both love Charlie for

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Turtley Devoted, Episode 11

Real Housewives of theTurtleRoom

In the hit movie “Ghostbusters,” when Bill Murray’s character learns that Rick Moranis believes he is the “Key Master,” and his ‘would be’ girlfriend is the “Gate Keeper,” he jokes that they “have to get these two together.” Harold Ramis replies “I think that would be extraordinarily dangerous. Anthony and Kevin Minto have had the same conversation about having their wives meet. This episode brings

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The Pondcast, Episode 72

Up For Air

Christine Light is an experienced scuba diver, with around 500 dives under her belt, one of which saved someone’s life! She has traveled to several points on the globe in her efforts with both wild and captive animals from whale sharks and mobula rays to rehabbing a Painted Terrapin at the Downtown Aquarium Denver where she was Assistant Curator to being one of the first

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Turtley Devoted, Episode 10

Quarantine? More Like Bore-antine

Well, Anthony went and did it. He’s tested negative for ‘the virus,’ but traveled for work and got himself stuck in quarantine. Listen as Shannon fights the urge to say “I told you so,” and as the couple talks through some holiday related choices to be made. Anthony and Shannon also discuss the changes associated with cold weather animal keeping at this time of year.

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Turtley Devoted, Episode 9

Anthony's Tub Hub and Other Curiosities

Shannon isn’t holding back in this one, as your hosts question each other on why they decide to do particular things in ways that they find peculiar. Does Anthony even care about animal welfare, and why is Shannon all of a sudden trying to get all tough about things? Perhaps it took her nine episodes to come out of her shell… Pun intended. Turtley Devoted

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Turtley Devoted, Episode 8

What Are You So Afraid Of?

In this episode, Anthony and Shannon return after an almost month long break from recording. They catch you up on what they have been up to, including turtle home improvements and a hectic work schedule. They also discuss plans for future “expansion” of their turtle space at their new house and the animals that are most likely to kill you in the United States. Something

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