Of Swimming Tortoises and Saving Sea Turtles
Saturdays seem to be slow news days. Today, we bring you more stories of saving sea turtles, but more interestingly, the recollection of a story about a swimming (or floating) Aldabra tortoise. While the occurrence of the tortoise coming ashore on a beach in Tanzania is more than 10 years old, it reminds of some of Darwin’s theories of how the giant tortoises were scattered to the remote ocean islands.
Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Saving the sea turtle on the French Polynesian island of Moorea is no easy task.
InfraRed cameras used to monitor sea turtle nesting.
Another rehabilitated sea turtle is returned to its wild home.
Education
Students from an elementary school in British Columbia learn how to get involved in saving turtles from road mortality.
Did You Knowโฆ
An Aldabra Tortoise was rumored to have lived for 255 years. However, this record is questioned due to a lack of records on the tortoise.
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Photo by C. Muir. Figure 1 of Gerlach, et al. (2006).
