Turtles are bred in a section of the center here, called the Fausto Llerena Breeding Center. Each big island in the Galapagos has its own land turtle breeding center, we learned. While the turtles are raised in captivity, they are introduced back into the wild as adults. One of the most...
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It's hard to imagine a turtle being invasive in New York, but the red-eared slider is considered just that. There are plenty of turtles thatarenative to New York, this just isn't one of them. Red-eared sliders can outcompete the native turtle species for food and threaten their ability...
I was choosing between elephants, turtles and orangutans and I thought the orangs would be the ones that I could interact with best. I just thought it would be a great experience to get that one- on-one contact with the animals.Originally, there would have been orangutans across the whole...
Plastic litter is the most common killer of animals and marine animals are the most notably affected. Each year over 100,000 dolphins, fish, whales, turtles and more drown after becoming entangled in or digesting plastic litter. 3. Litter facilitates the spread of disease Improperly discarded tra...
And as you are no doubt aware, as mandated by international law, it is illegal to have a blog and not do some sort of ‘best of’ list to signify the end of a year. Wanting to avoid the usual drivel, I thought I would talk about something I stumbled on the other day: a list ...
Mosquitoes are present almost all day and all night long as well. If you’re going out to dinner, I normally bring an extra sarong to wrap around my legs to protect them. Worst Time of Year for Mosquitoes in Costa Rica Mosquitoes are present all year long in Costa Rica. However, since...
It looks like Steven Tyler (Aerosmith lead singer). Perhaps this led to him re-entering drug rehab. I can’t believe nobody recognized what this is. It’s Splinter looking for the ninja turtles! Somebody give that werewolf a cheeseburger, he's clearly hungry. ...