I can feel the white powdery sand between my toes, and smell the salty smell in the air as I stroll down Big Hickory Pointe. This is a path I take quite often; my destination being the portly old gopher tortoise. The tortoise has made his home at the end of the Pointe. I affectionately gave the tortoise the name “Tommy.” Often, I will bring Tommy carrots or lettuce for a snack. Today I am empty handed. As I reach the end of the Pointe, I notice cute little Tommy as he ducks back into his tunnel like burrow. I then start my walk back to my condo where I have my beach necessities set up close to the shoreline.…
It was a hot summer day. As I went to the back of my grandparent’s house with Alexis, my little sister, to see and play on the beach, in St. Lucia.…
Marine Science – submit this alternate for “Sea Turtle Rehab” (Honors Caretta Caretta Turtle Rehab)…
Fun and fascinating! Discover sea turtles, amazing fish, and beautiful coral with a knowledgable marine researcher as your guide.…
twenty years. But one day after sea turtle riding in the tropics, Marine biologists captured…
GRAND CAYMAN REMINDED ME OF THE CLASSIC SEA SIDE TOWN, LAID BACK ATMOSPHERE, WINDY SALTY SEA AIR, THE ONLY THING MISSING WAS A LIGHTHOUSE. IT WAS A VERY PEACEFUL FEELING THERE. I HAD BOOKED AN EXCURSION WITH A PLACE CALLED CAPTAIN RON’S AND WE WENT OUT BY BOAT FIRST STOPPING AT THE BARRIER REEF AND THEN ENDING THE DAY BY SWIMMING WITH STINGRAYS. AT THE REEF ONE OF OUR GUIDES WAS AN EXCELLENT FREE DIVER AND HE ASKED US ALL TO HOP INTO THE WATER WITH HIM AND ONCE WE DID HE TOLD US ABOUT A ‘FRIENDLY’ NURSE SHARK THAT LIVED IN THE AREA HE WAS HOPING WOULD STOP BY (THANK GOD SHE DIDN’T) AND AFTER ASKING US ALL TO PUT ON OUR SNORKEL GEAR HE DOVE DOWN ABOUT 20 FT AND COAXED A HUGE MORAY EEL OUT OF ITS DEN. IT WAS A GOOD 5 FT LONG AND VERY TEMPERMENTAL, IT SCARED ME TO BE REAL HONEST. ONCE DONE THERE WE WERE ON TO THE STINGRAYS. DID YOU KNOW THAT GRAND CAYMAN HAS THE ONLY HUMAN FRIENDLY POD OF STINGRAYS IN THE WORLD? WE FED THEM AND PET THEM AND THEY SWAM RIGHT UP AGAINST US. WE WERE TOLD THAT KISSING A RAY ON THE HEAD WAS 7 YEARS GOOD LUCK. I DID IT AND SO FAR I’TS BEEN 4 YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THAT MYTH. LOL. SO AFTER ANOTHER WHOLE DAY IN THE WATER WE WERE BACK ON THE SHIP AND HEADING FOR…
In 1947 it was reported that over 40,000 Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles were nesting along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico and today only 200 Kemp Ridley’s remain on those grounds, making these sea turtles one of the most endangered animals in the United States. When I was younger I remember visiting South Padre Island and seeing holes a long the shore line with little eggs inside them, I also remember this man who drove up and down the beach looking for those eggs in a golf cart. I asked my mom “Why is this man taking away these eggs, won’t the momma be sad?” my mom then told me that these were in fact the eggs of the Kemp’s Ridley. I had no idea how that was relevant, I was six…
turtles are having trouble finding dark beaches to lay their eggs. Therefore, with all the homes…
Sea turtles have played critical roles in both ocean and beach/dune ecosystems for millennia. However, humans, both intentionally and unintentionally, have posed a major threat to the future sustainability of their species, especially in the last several decades. The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is the world’s most endangered sea turtle, classified by the ICNU as critical endangered since 1996. ("Lepidochelys Kempii (Atlantic Ridley, Gulf Ridley, Kemp's Ridley, Mexican Ridley)”). The worldwide female nesting population is estimated at roughly just 1,000 individual turtles, their survival truly hangs precariously in the balance. While there are vast multitude of incidental threats to Kemp’s ridley turtles, artificial lighting, incidental capture in mass fishing, oil spills and…
Imagine a world without literature, no writings expressing emotion and morals. Where would we be today? How would our values be different? Way of life? Literature plays a highly essential role in our society; so much it’s nearly impossible to picture us without it. Succeeding the reading of The Educated Imagination by Northrop Frye, Bird by Bird by Ann Lamott, and The Republic by Plato, it is evident which author has created the most effective argument. The authors’ goals were to use content and techniques to assess the value of literature in a society. Northrop Frye created the most effective argument of the three in his work of literature, The Educated Imagination. Unlike Plato, Northrop Frye created an argument in favor of literature’s effect on society.…
It was about five thirty when i got up. I wanted to go for a hike around the National park so I did. When i got back the time was about about 7:30 in the morning. When I was on my hike around the park I saw many signs telling me about endangered animals, some of the signs I read were about the loggerhead sea turtle, and the leather back sea turtle. The signs told me how the loggerhead sea turtle and the leather back sea turtle eggs are about the size and shape of a ping pong ball. This huge sign also told me that after the sea turtles egg hatch biologists excavate nest and record the number of unmatched and hatched eggs, and also live and dead turtles. So when I got back it was time for breakfast so i went and got breakfast i wanted to be done with it faster so I could go get started with another wonderful day. I was finished with my breakfast around nine thirty. I went back to my tent after breakfast and get ready to go snorkeling. The people who worked there told me that in some designated areas to go snorkeling around Fort Jefferson you see massive coral heads and reef life and some examples of reef life that I heard about are the parrot fish, angelfish, and the moray…
As the turtle’s feast on the sponges, the coral reefs are able to reproduce and new homes are opened up to small creatures” (NOAA,…
Throughout this paper I will guide you on a journey throughout the beautiful island that sits just…
forced the closure of 16 National Wildlife Refuges[->9]. As a result, the hurricane affected the habitats of sea turtles[->10],…
When my brother and I had wakened up five nights ago, we got a pleasant surprise. We would be headed to Cancun, Mexico. This was the first time I have been on vacation near the Gulf, and it amazed me how beautiful it was, and how we got there in the first place. My mom wasn’t the one to do surprises, but when she did, it was a great one.…