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Timeline PhotosYesterday the rehabilitation crew at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center showed me this X-ray of a snapping turtle that was admitted after being hit by a car. She was clearly on her way to nest but eggs weren’t the only thing that showed up on the screen. Just look at the size of that hook. It can be exceptionally difficult for turtles to navigate their way around us these days.
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Timeline PhotosWhen you’ve got a rare species that lives up to seventy years and doesn’t even reach sexual maturity until it is thirty years old, it can take many decades to see the effects of conservation action. Forty-one years ago the Loggerhead Sea Turtle was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (1978). Between 1988 and 1992, laws requiring turtle-excluder-devices (TED) in shrimp trawls started gaining steam. Around 2010, something interesting happened: the long-term decline of the species in the southeastern United States...stopped. In fact the number of nests observed in the region started increasing until they reached a peak in 2016; Georgia alone recorded nearly 3,300 nests, shattering modern records and a recovery milestone. But although Loggerheads nest a few times within a season, they take a break of 2-3 years before they’re ready again, and this results in a cyclical pattern. Fewer nests were observed in 2017 and 2018 but we have all been looking towards 2019 to help us know if 2016 was a fluke or whether the Loggerheads are continuing towards recovery.
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Georgia’s first nest was seen on April 26 on Cumberland Island, earlier than we expected. On the morning of May 6th, we found the first nest on Jekyll Island and they’ve been rolling in since then. We decided to start our night patrols last night and the team intercepted two females nesting and a third nest was detected this morning, putting our tally up to seven nests. Last year we didn’t even observe our first nest until May 14th. It’s still early, but it looks like it’s going to be a busy and potentially record-breaking year, and that is excellent news for Loggerhead Sea Turtles.
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All photos are taken by state and federally-permitted researchers following strict protocols.
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Photos by @wild.breeze #turtle #turtles #turtlesofinstagram #seaturtle #seaturtles #loggerhead #loggerheadseaturtle #caretta #carettacaretta #reptile #reptiles #reptilesofinstagram #conservation #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #wildlifeonearth #wildlifebiologist #wildlifebiology #marinebiology #livingalongsidewildlife #alongsidewild #georgia #georgiaseaturtlecenter #gstc #ecology #nest #research #wildlifeWatch: Motorists in Brazil help massive anaconda across highway
Watch: Motorists in Brazil help massive anaconda across highway
Traffic on a busy Brazilian highway was brought to a screeching halt last week when a 10-foot anaconda slithered onto the roadway.