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The Green Sea Turtle is one of seven species of sea turtles worldwide. It gets its name from the greenish color of its flesh and fat. Adult green turtles are unique among sea turtles in that they are herbivorous, feeding primarily on seagrasses and algae. This diet is thought to give them greenish colored fat, from which they take their name. The green sea turtle is an endangered species. Their populations have drastically declined in the last 50 years. Their meat and eggs are highly prized and eaten in some countries; they can drown when caught in fishing nets or die after eating trash such as plastic bags that they see as jellyfish. Their numbers are also reduced by boat propeller accidents, fishnet-caused drowning, and the destruction of their nesting grounds by human encroachment.
-- Fun Facts --
‧ Green sea turtles are unique—they are one of the largest species of turtle and the only turtle that is strictly herbivorous as an adult (although juvenile green sea turtles will also eat crabs, sponges and jellyfish).
‧ Like all sea turtles, green turtles have a protective shell but can’t pull their head and flippers inside like land turtles can.
‧ Green sea turtles nest on the same beach where they hatched. Since they don’t reach sexual maturity until at least 20 years old, this is even more impressive. So, how do they find their way home more than 20 years later? Green sea turtles actually use the Earth’s magnetic forces to navigate their way home.
‧ Like humans, green sea turtles breathe oxygen. Unlike humans, they can spend up to two hours underwater before they need to come up to the surface to breathe.
‧ Green sea turtles can also survive by drinking salt water because are able to excrete the extra salt through “salt glands” behind their eyes.
‧ Green Sea Turtles can live to be more than 70 years old and weigh up to 700 lbs.
‧ Green Sea Turtles in the Eastern Pacific actually have darker shells and are known locally as "black turtles".
-- Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff) --
‧ Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
‧ Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
‧ ISO – 1600
‧ Aperture – f/4.2
‧ Exposure – 1/30 second
‧ Focal Length – 30mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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I have had alot of questions about the turtle we have.. Denver is doing good with summer here. I got her a baby pool so she could play outside but I still have to sit with her because of all the hawks we have around here....
Hope everyone is having a great day...
Explore: Highest position: 112 on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
I was was trying to feed Denver last night.. all she wanted to do is play....
Hope everyone has a wonderful week...
UPDATE: Dave is on his way home..some time this weekend...
And for the people that have never heard of Denver...
Hello, my name is Denver and I am an ornate box turtle. I was rescued from Interstate 70 outside of Denver, Colorado after I was involved in a car accident and slid across the road on my back. Debbie stopped and picked me up and nursed me back to health. I cannot eat on my own since I have no beak and I am blind but I am very well taken care of. I get fed baby food with a syringe and meal worms with tweezers. Since I can't see I stay with Debbie and she takes care of me. I have some limitations but I am free to roam anywhere I want and take advantage of it. My favorite game is hide and seek and I do it well, wedging myself in anything that I can fit into.
TURTLES
My first ever underwater photograph of a sea turtle on the house reef of Coco Palm Boduhithi which I dedicated to my wife Ashfa.
Photo taken from a disposable underwater kodak camera:
www.tropicalsnorkeling.com/images/SC-KodakDisposableUnder...
Note: The Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys Imbricata) belong to the Testudinidae family. It lives close to many resorts. It is usually not dangerous, but has a sharp beak and nails that can hurt you in case you bother or scare it.
Sea turtle art show and fundraiser for Sea turtle conservation- August 12th 2017
Location: Okinawa, Japan -Place: Okinawa brewing company (OBC)
A collaboration with local artists
Poster designed by Rodel Santo Domingo
- Donations went to the Olive Ridley Project (Sea Turtle Conservation)
TEDX OIST talk on this subject by Shawn Miller www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6FWCyVQcNA
-Learn more about sea turtle conservation and what you can do to save our oceans.
* Learn more about the nature of Okinawa -
billions of blue blistering barnacles - captain haddock
these are barnacles... and they do come in their billions... these came with a HUGE net found out in the open ocean by a fishing boat... probably with a few sharks, turtles and dolphins caught in it, i didn't see them though....
the net is gonna be used by the islanders to make joalis....
- naifaru '08
I've always had a thing for turtles.
Since I was a little kid.
I think they're like my 'totem animal spirit' or something.
I used to catch them and clean their shells and steal my mom's nail polish to paint my name on their shells.
I'd keep 'em for a day or two and let 'em go.
When I got to be a big person I pretty much stopped catchin' turtles for fun...
But everytime I see one on the road, I stop my vehicle, turn on the hazard lights and either help it across the road or take it to the little lake by my house.
Today I saw this big turtle tryin' to cross a busy highway.
There was no way it woudda made it and it was dangerous enough fo me to do what I hadda do...
I stopped all the traffic and I tried to pick this bad boy up to throw it in the back of my truck...
I almost lost a couple of fingers... it snapped at me after I pinned it's shell down with explosive speed... the thing actually jumped.
You don't think these things are fast until they come at your fingers in the blink of an eye.
It was almost a foot long across the shell and it hadda weigh ten to twelve pounds.
It's probably older than I am.
Another turtle lover stopped and between the two of us we were able to get the thing by the tail and into the pickup truck.
I stopped at my house... all the neighborhood kids came by and had a look and then we took it to the lake.
It took me more than twenty minutes to get it out of my truck.
That was one very angry turtle and I've got some serious gouges on my snowshovel to prove it.
Once it saw the water we let it out of the laundry basket that we carried it in and it was off!
Another turtle saved.
Turtles don't belong on the street
35mm 1.8 Watch yo fingers!
Sea turtles eat balloons and die !
They mistake them for jellyfish.
People are asked to take the stray balloons off of the beaches, and 'impale' them on this long sharpened stake,.. an Activist Artwork by Ana Golici.
The "Balloon Impaler" raises our awareness,..
and encourages beach walkers to help save the turtles.
Watch Hill Marina and Campground
Fire Island National Seashore
Fire Island
Long Island , N.Y.
(#5 of 5) posted today
This photo was taken at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge located at Pea Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, USA.
Once, there were tens of millions of green sea turtles around the world. Now there may be fewer than 200,000 mature adults and in Kona alone (where I shot this) there are fewer then a thousand total, that’s why you can see an identification number etched on its shell. The loss of habitat and ocean pollution has increased the death rate since the 90’s ten fold. Watch your waste. #savetheturtles Edits: added clarity to the water and texture to the sand and turtle shell I also dropped the exposure just slightly as well
Day 869- While on our way to change cell phone service providers we noticed this little guy crossing the road. Turned around, moved him to the side he was heading to and went on our way. He is a baby box turtle. So cute. I try to move as many as I can when I see them crossing the road. Save the turtles!
#BIOL4394Photo1
This picture was taken April 1, 2021 near Grand and Cicero Ave in Chicago, IL.
As I’m driving to work I look around for something to take a picture of for this assignment. I want to say it’s pretty easy to bump into an environmental issue because there are fragments of nature throughout the city, and you can clearly see how some people mistreat it. Here is a simple but an impactful example of what I see on a daily basis. This tree is right by a rail transport as you can see there is a bunch of plastic tangled around it.
Most of the plastic made/used today of propylene (chemical used in petroleum) which is not easy to break down (bacteria cannot degrade). Material such as paper is biodegradable can decompose within 2-6 weeks. The only thing capable of breaking down plastic would be the sun (UV light), but even that, it takes about 10 years (if not way more). The sad truth is that at times the plastic doesn’t even fully decompose, it is simply transformed into microplastic. Microplastic is known to be not only in the lands and ocean/waters but even in our drinking water.
This plastic bag could have just tangled itself to this tree yesterday or 6 months ago. What’s concerning is how long that plastic bag will stay there; that’s if someone doesn’t remove it (which I already did). There are so many little scenarios like this around the world. Nearly 1 million animals are killed by plastic every year. This includes birds, other mammals (elephants, zebras, tiger etc.), and tons of marine life, it is actually insane. This large number is due to entanglement, like this tree, and starvation. Plastic also has a pretty terrible effect on trees. Because of the toxic chemicals on plastic surfaces, those chemicals can pile up on dirt and really mess up the soil chemistry. This could potentially dry out soil and harm growing plants.
This really disappoints me and makes me feel a bit hopeless. I don’t want to say hopeless but truly, I feel we have done way too much unnecessary damage to the environment. I understand that plastic might be a cheaper source and more durable to our needs but we are not the only living beings in this planet. I hope by reading this people think twice before even purchasing a single-use plastic bag.
I do want to also add that there is action being taken in the world today towards this issue; just to see a light at the end of the tunnel. For example a the European Parliament and Canada voted to ban single-use plastic cutlery by the year 2021! A lot of countries in South America and States in the US are coming together to clean the beaches and surrounding waters yearly/seasonally. China, one of the biggest plastic users in the world are in process of completely banning non-biodegradable plastic in its majors cities, hope to be done by the year 2022. We can see celebrities bringing awareness to this issue by promoting #savetheturtles which promotes the end of plastic straws.
I hope this generation is aware of what we are capable of when we stand strong for our beliefs and change.
Armed with new stuffies and a new turtle t-shirt 🐢we dropped by @algonquin_pp Pog Lake campground to visit with my folks for a fun dinner and campfire! 🔥🔥#summerroadtrip #familyadventures #algonquinpark #funwithgrandparents #ogcampers #savetheturtles🐢🐢
Once, there were tens of millions of green sea turtles around the world. Now there may be fewer than 200,000 mature adults and in Kona alone (where I shot this) there are fewer then a thousand total, that’s why you can see an identification number etched on its shell. The loss of habitat and ocean pollution has increased the death rate since the 90’s ten fold. Watch your waste. #savetheturtles Edits: added clarity to the water and texture to the sand and turtle shell I also dropped the exposure just slightly as well
North Carolina Wildlife Commission signage educating on proper care for sea turtle nests in the wild. Sea turtles nest and hatch along the beaches of Emerald Isle, NC to Atlantic Beach, NC. People do the most harm by curiosity alone. Disturbing the turtle nest is frowned open, greatly.
Box turtles are a great pet for beginners as they can be a lifelong pet when properly cared. Here we have shared few tips to keep your Box turtle healthy and happy.Log on www.tortoise.com/
Armed with new stuffies and a new turtle t-shirt 🐢we dropped by @algonquin_pp Pog Lake campground to visit with my folks for a fun dinner and campfire! 🔥🔥#summerroadtrip #familyadventures #algonquinpark #funwithgrandparents #ogcampers #savetheturtles🐢🐢
Sea turtles have existed for more than 100 million years, but today they are struggling for their lives and their future. The ability of sea turtles to survive threats from their most formidable enemy — humans — depends on our willingness to change how we are impacting the environment, theirs and ours.
If a tortoise is crossing a busy highway, pick it up and send it in the same direction it was going – if you try to make it go back, it will turn right around again.Log on www.worldturtleday.org/
This hummer had a Save the Sea Turtles license plate.
**Cough, Cough .. Wheeze .. Gasp**
Ahem. Excuse me. I was choking on the irony.
If a tortoise is crossing a busy highway, pick it up and send it in the same direction it was going – if you try to make it go back, it will turn right around again.Log on www.worldturtleday.org/