Spotlight: Ashby King, N.E.S.T. volunteer and inventor!
Knowing that funding and equipment can be difficult to find in the world of conservation, Ashby wasn’t content to hope for better- she literally invented the equipment required to aid the Network for Endangered Sea Turtle’s (N.E.S.T.) efforts.
Known as a hydrophone, the device detects underground sounds made by sea turtle hatchlings in the nest as they become active. This data helps the N.E.S.T. staff know more about when and where to keep an eye out for hatching sea turtle nests.
Amazing job, Ashby!
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Turtle News From Around the World
Conservation
Japan: nonprofit organization Yakushima Umigame-Kan, only one in its area, disbanding with no one to take its place
Jamaica: learn more about Jamaica Inn’s sea turtle conservation efforts as part of the Oracabessa Bay Turtle Project
Crime & Punishment
USA: man robbed at gunpoint in MI after saving snapping turtle, culprit at large
India: 523 Indian star tortoises (Geochelone elegans) seized in Mumbai, smuggler arrested
(GRAPHIC) USA: reward offered for apparent attack on loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) that led to its death (PHOTOS)
Health & Medical
USA: Arizona State University’s MakerLab creating more and more 3D-printed shell replacements
Miscellany
USA: Sulcata being a sulcata (Centrochelys sulcata)! Rescue tortoise romps around house (VIDEO)
USA: Arizona’s Game and Fish Department seeking to adopt out 80 desert tortoises
USA: Midland, MI Russian tortoise missing, keepers seeking help from public
Did You Know…
Hydrophones work by turning surrounding vibrations into an electrical signal, and they can be built to pick up vibrations from all directions at once.
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