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This Green male turtle was totally absorbed eating small pieces of what looke like sea grass, and was indifferent to our presence.
According to Dolphin Marine Magic's website, this is Plugga. Plugga was first rescued because he had lost most of his rear left flipper, which we assume had become a snack for something larger than him. Because of this injury, he probably would not have been able to survive in the wild.
This may not be Plugga though as I can't ascertain whether he has lost his flipper. There were other turtles in the tank too.
In one Saturday morning at Honaunau, I saw a shark, two turtles and a big pod of dolphins. I'm truly fortunate to be able to dive with these big animals.
Explore - 08-05-08
This guy is huge! The tree beside him is at least 12 inches thick.. Hard to get his size into perspective but that is a 24 inch tray of food he's munching on.. Taken at the Zoo in Melbourne, Fl..
Gold brooch/pendant set with rubies and diamonds. The limbs the tail and the head all can all move. Eyes are made of sapphire cabuchons.
Found this Painted Turtle after sunset. Living in Montana for 43 years, I've never run across one in the egg-laying process, but that's what she was either, A.) about to do, or, B.) had already done. The light was very poor and I didn't want to bother her, (though I have to say, she didn't move a muscle while I was there. I've heard that they may go into a kind of trance while they're doing this, and she sure seemed to be under some kind of spell.) I took a few shots, wished her and her offspring well, and left. Make the photo big and look at the muddy hole she'd prepared for the eggs. Her posterior hovers over it. It was far from roads and people and on land protected by the Ninepipe preserve, so I think her babies will have as fair a chance as they could have anywhere. Water wasn't too far off .. maybe 100 yards.
This handsome turtle was chilling out on the road. I'm glad I got a shot of him out of his shell before moving him, because he refused to come back out afterward! I waited patiently for 45 minutes and he didn't budge, so I put him in some shady bushes in the direction he was headed.
Suffolk County, NY
Sea Turtle / Meeresschildkröte
Riviera Maya / Akumal Bay / Quintana Roo / Mexico
Photographed with a Canon PowerShot A 710 IS in Waterproof Case WP-DC 6
Freilebende Meeresschildkröten zu sehen , war für mich ein großes Erlebnis - ein großer Traum ging damit in Erfüllung !
To see free-living sea turtles, was a great experience for me - a big dream came true !
This turtle didn't have a left eye. If you look closely, there's also a chunk of it's shell that's missing behind the left side of it's head.
Tunnels Beach. Another view of the turtle; he/she is very comfortable with people; swam right next to me
Captain Don of the Seafire has a great stop to visit the turles on his Molokini tour. As I post turtles, you will see the colors change... it all depends on the light and the depth I guess. For this reason I don't think I'll post them all at once :)
Have a great weekend!!
Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
May 2012