Posted on: 2017-07-28 09:30:05
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Recent turtle news you may have missed.
We have cute baby turtles, turtles back home, and a few less happy stories.
Recent Box Turtle News
No new box turtle news today. But we think learning more about box turtles is worth resharing.
Studying the Gulf Coast Box Turtle: For some reason this subspecies of box turtle hasn’t been studied much. One student at Antioch University New England wants to change that. 🐢
Recent U. S. Turtle News
Today’s stories include a stolen tortoise found, cracked shells get patched, and an interesting way to tell a turtle’s sex.
Millenium’s back home! The huge Arican spurred tortoise disappeared from the Alley Pond Environmental Center in New York on July 17. Someone took him on a trip to Connecticut.
Baby Spotted Pond Turtles in South Carolina: These beautiful animals are native to India and the surrounding area, where they’re subject to poaching. But the Turtle survival Alliance is working to help the species survive.
Green sea turtle nests in South Carolina, too!: These turtles are very rare in the state. Only 4 of the 4,748 nests in the state are green sea turtle nests. 😲
3 Lucky Turtles: And a chance for you to help them. OK, the turtles weren’t too lucky when they got hit by cars. But ending up at the Wisconsin Humane Society’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center was lucky. Two of them would certainly have died without treatment.
And now for your chance to help: A generous donor is matching all donations until August 15, up to $10 thousand. The Center’s only funding comes from donations, so every dollar counts! Link to donate is in story. (Please note: We have not vetted this organization. Please do your own due diligence before donating.)
The Navy’s tracking turtles: It wants to be sure its training and other activities don’t hurt the sea turtles.
Wisconsin’s Painted Turtles: Babies often spend the winter in their nest, before coming out in the spring.
Vibrators for turtles? Apparently yes, for science. Using a vibrator can help scientists tell a turtle’s sex. It’s pretty reliable for certain species! 😲
Chad is back home: The loggerhead sea turtle spent 9 months recovering after being rescued from cargo netting.
Recent International Turtle News
Today’s stories include lots of turtle eggs get a 2nd chance to hatch, illegal tortoiseshells, and bad news about human garbage again.
One-flippered Olive Ridley turtle getting treatment: She made it onto the beach, but can’t move very well. Officials are treating her, but she probably can’t go back to the wild. (India)
2,000 Turtle Eggs!: That’s about how many eggs (from 6 species) the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre is incubating. Wow. They’re going to be overrun with cute hatchlings soon!
Endangered turtles avoiding busy beach: The caretta caretta sea turtles have laid fewer than half the number of nests this year compared to last year. Apparently tourists are partying on the beach all night long. 🙁 (Turkey)
Have you seen Martin?: He’s a little yellow and black pet tortoise that a well-meaning person tried to rescue after he escaped his yard. (Oakville, Ontario)
1/2 a ton of tortoiseshells seized in France: That’s about 380 dead sea turtles. 🙁 Please, please don’t buy tortoiseshell products.
Human trash claims another turtle life: The sea turtle was discovered drowned in the trash collecting along the Sidon coastline. 😢 (Lebanon)