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Green turtles are found throughout the world, occurring primarily in tropical, and to a lesser extent, subtropical waters. The Hawaiian green turtle is genetically distinct from the other green sea turtle populations, nesting primarily in the French Frigate Shoals of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and feeding in the coastal areas of the main Hawaiian Islands. This species was in a steep decline as of the 1970s because of direct harvest of both turtles and eggs by humans. The population has grown steadily over the last thirty years after protection began in 1978. Greens are the most common species of sea turtle found in Hawaiian waters.
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The Pasir Panjang Segari Turtle Sanctuary, is located just a few miles from the town of Lumut in the state of Perak. Visitors get the opportunity to learn about the turtles in their natural habitat. Run by the Department of Fisheries, this hatchery and research center is a quiet stretch of beach and main landing area for the Green Turtle, Olive Ridley Turtle and Painted Terrapin. Due to the decline in turtle landing over the years, the sanctuary provides a heaven for baby turtles who struggle to survive against their natural predators and trawler nets.
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The $25 Snapping Turtle...Sue's Photo & Description:
Traveling down highway 40B we saw something on the road. As we got closer we saw this snapping turtle. This is a very busy highway at times so we stopped and I got out of the car. another car was heading right for the turtle. To make this long story shorter...I took off my sweater and placed it over the turtle and picked it up. I took him across the road in the directing he was heading. No one told me that turtles stink...I mean really stink. Off to Walmart to get a new sweater...no good deed goes unpunished :) Yes, it was a big one and very heavy...that surprised me.
Almost stepped on this little fellow/gal as it was crossing my driveway.
It's about two inches from stem to stern.
For a turtle the circle of life begins in a hole .... here is mama turtle laying eggs along the Kiwa trail in the Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge.
Osman Hamdi Bey's "Turtle Trainer".This undated file picture shows "The Turtle Trainer", an enigmatic 1906 painting (This is made on tile but original one is include oil paint on wooden, paper on water colour and colour print technics)
by Ottoman artist Osman Hamdi Bey, fetched five trillion ($3.5 million ) Turkish lira by Suna and İnan KıraƧ aware Pere museum
The Suna-Inan KıraƧ Foundation bought famous Turkish artist Osman Hamdi Bey's "KaplumbaÄa Terbiyecisi" (Turtle Trainer) picture for $3.5 million for the museum in December 2004.
The five turtles in this portrait symbolize a stubborn, resistant and slow changing society. Some even believe that they represent the five most difficult associates of Osman Hamdi, giving him heartburn. The turtle trainer, dressed in a red dervish robe and a turban, holding a ney (sufi flute) is Osman Hamdi, representing a patient intellectual that is coaching change. A change he hopes to teach primarily by blowing his ney and occasionally by using it to prod or reprimand the animals. Unfortunately, the turtles have no ears to hear the ney and with a thick protective shell they are also not bothered by his prodding. His efforts are futile. Osman Hamdi Bey's calls for westernization are met by deaf ears and much resistance by the establishment and the conservative segments.
While spraying for unwanted vegitation, I came across Ms. turtle who looked like she was preparing to bury her eggs yet again. This has happened every year for the last 34 yrs that I have lived here. She and the resident male tirtle were the least discrete last year that they were for the last 33 yrs and I have pictures. I assume this is the product of that union and that by Sept, the eggs will hatch. Rather than surface, the babies dig deeper into the ground to emerge the following spring and I have seen a number of babies over the years. Fascinating process. The books say that they come back within one hundred feet of where they were born to lay egggs, if that is the case, I assume that I should have consulted with them before building as the house seems to sit within that one hundred feet as I have seen then bury eggs all around the house.
I found this poor turtle walking dejectedly between the rails of the train tracks. After I determined that he was not likely to pivot around and bite my fingers off, I picked him up and put him in a more hospitable location. I just hope it was the right side of the tracks..:)