When temperatures range from 3 to 5 °C, red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, and leopard frogs, Rana pipiens, can survive several days of anoxia (Churchill and Storey, 1992; Pinder et al., 1992), while red-eared slider turtles, Trachemys scripta elegans, experience ...
electric-blue cleaner wrasses pluck parasites from their bodies. Green and hawksbill turtles circle the island, snacking on coral and (from July to November) mating. Schools of jacks, snapper, surgeonfish, unicornfish, bumphead parrotfish, and others do their best to distract divers from the sma...