Terrified Turtles

Cheers to Donna, the turtle lady. She was watching over 40 turtles at the time of the Christchurch earthquake. After enduring the destruction of their aquariums and an interim period of plastic tub and shared tank time, the turtles are now on the way to their new home in Napier! Pokey and I salute the turtle lady for her amazing rescue efforts. She has already begun taking in new turtles at her home. Busy, busy, busy...

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Tracking Sea Turtles

While I am mildly excited to think of the things we could learn about the swimming patterns of a sea turtle through the experiment outlined in this article, I'm not sure how I feel about the tracking device they are using.  Is it ok to glue something onto a back of a sea turtle?  How do we know the glue is safe and won't seep into their pores through the shell?  Thankfully, the article states that they swam as if nothing was on their backs, so that calms me a little, but...  well, what do you think? 

Turtle Humps

A blogging friend of mine sent me this video yesterday.  The noise this turtle makes is hilarious!  Plus, he is sticking out his tongue the whole time.  I hope it gives you a good laugh to brighten your day. 

Peek-A-Boo Turtle

Lisa's turtles were playing peek-a-boo with her again today. Go visit our softshell friends. They're cute!

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Etsy Turtle Favorite

Photo courtesy of apmemory.  Visit her shop on Etsy.

Pokey said it was time to feautre another crafter, so I traveled to etsy to see what we could find.  HOW CUTE IS THIS MAGNET?!?!  Dr. Pepper is my favorite soda, so there is really no better recycled can you could use to make me a turtle.  I may have to snatch this one up just because the price is so affordable!

Ooblek could have saved the turtles?

I've just learned that one scientist did extensive research on how to plug the BP oil spill, concluded and suggested that ooblek (a cornstarch mixture used to make kids play dough could stop the BP oil leak. Unfortunately his ideas were dismissed and he was kicked off the advisory board, so I guess we'll never know if the ocean could have been spared this catastrophe.

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Sea Turtle Photo Mystery Solved

Once upon a time, a very cute sea turtle photo graced my desktop.  I kept it up for about a year because the look on the turtle's face was priceless.  It had come to me through some random forwarded email, so I assumed it was photo shopped or something.  Today the mystery has been solved.  According to this article, it is a picture of a baby loggerhead being released into the ocean for the very first time!  No wonder the little dude looked so happy!!!