I'm a little young to have seen this video before. It's sorta cute, so long as you aren't currently facing a nuclear bomb threat. Either way, Pokey and I thought Bert deserved a little shout out for helping to teach a very important lesson. We would also like to thank Simon Hunter for posting the video on his blog. Without him, we may never have met Bert!
Friday, March 18, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
The Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project
The list of places I want to travel to in has just grown by one: Dubai. Did you know they have a turtle rehabilitation project there? A big one. (Yeah. Me neither.) Founded in 2004, they began taking in sick sea turtles, mostly endangered hawksbills. Apparently the season during which they frequently wash up on the shore sick is winter. In 2008 they received, on average, 20 turtles per season. So far this year they have taken in 210 sick sea turtles. The scientists believe the turtles are suffering from lack of food. It seems they are hesitant to state why, but either they are starving themselves or it is because sea sponges and jelly fish are scarce due to the disappearance of coral reefs. One point for global warming; negative 1000 for life on earth. I don't think there are too many anorexic turtles swimming around the ocean. What? You think they watched Finding Nemo and became jealous of Crush's sleek appearance? Get serious.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Ornamental Box Turtles Seized
Photo by 365 Things in 365 Days
Customs officials in India seized 400 live ornamental box turtles from a man who tried to smuggle them in from Singapore on Sunday. I (obviously) think keeping turtles as pets is fun, but I am not ok with people smuggling them to new locations just to give someone the opportunity to have a pet turtle. Despite the stoic, "you can't hurt me" image turtles seem to have, they can be quite fragile. If not provided with the proper care (food, water, temperature and germ control), they will most certainly not live their full life span. I cannot imagine that being packed in a suitcase, thrown around by baggage handlers, and stuffed in the bottom of an airplane is good for their health. Also, I am not certain I believe those box turtles were truly intended to be pets. To take a risk like that, one must be looking to make top dollar... and I believe that selling them for food still pays more. (Don't worry, I covered Pokey's eyes and ears so she wouldn't have to know that fact. She might sink into major depression if she knew how popular turtle soup has become.)
Turtle Craft of the Day
Oh how I wish I had more free time! I hardly find time to crochet these days, but I would still REALLY like a copy of this pattern to keep around for that random day in the future when I'm ready to make a little crochet baby pokey. SO CUTE!!! Visit bvoe668's shop on etsy to purchase this or other cute crochet animal patterns... monkeys and kangaroos and more. Oh my!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Tsunami Turtles
Baby Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Photo by Contemporary Nomad.com
As you may have guessed, sea turtles were gravely affected by the tsunami that hit Japan. Sea turtles live near the shore and surface often for oxygen, making them quite likely to get swept inland by a tsunami.
On top of casualties from the sea, an effort to breed the endangered olive ridley sea turtle also took a big blow when 20 of 30 breeding sea turtles were swept away. It saddens me to think that this natural disaster could harm so many humans and also possibly cause the extinction of a species.
SeaWorld's 1000th Rehabilitated Sea Turtle
SeaWorld Orlando's marine animal rescue facility reached an exciting milestone this week. They released their 1000th rehabilitated sea turtle back into the wild! Way to go turtle savers!! This loggerhead looks pretty excited to go ride the current once again...
Friday, March 11, 2011
The Snappy Turtle
My friend Jessica has shown me a most interesting turtle related photo. Apparently there is a clothing store in Florida called Snappy Turtle. The clothes look quite nice, stylish, but I don't understand the name. As Jessica says... A turtle couldn't wear anything in that store. There sure as heck better not be any turtle shell jewelry in their either. I might be tempted to leave them a live snapping turtle surprise if there was!
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