Have you ever heard about the “community message” on the green turtles on Light and Easy? Well, the first time I heard it on air was on July 13th. I remember it very well because I got home and immediately sent an email to Light and Easy for the inaccurate information.
The message sounded something like this:
.. The green turtles of Malaysia.. Each turtle lays 200 eggs.. So you may adopt a turtle for RM150.. You will receive a certificate, a specially-designed Ma’ Daerah T-shirt.. Call WWF.. For further information..
So I wrote them an email, and I said that green turtles do NOT lay 200 eggs each time. The average number of eggs laid by green turtles is 100. Hawksbill turtles, on the other hand, MAY lay up to 200 eggs though they would normally lay 160 or so eggs.
They did not reply my email, and right after that I did not hear the particular message on air anymore. Until this afternoon. The message was unchanged, as if they never received my email at all.
Did they receive the email I sent? Did it get lost in cyberspace? Or did they choose to ignore the mistake?
Anyway, since I am already here, I might as well promote our Sea Turtle Research Unit’s (SEATRU) Turtle and Nest Adoptions. Each adoption costs RM 100, or USD 40, and will be furnished with:
- A Certificate of Adoption
- An “Endangered Turtles of Malaysia” T-shirt
- A green turtle postcard
- An official receipt from KUSTEM. And if you provide us your Malaysian IC number, your adoption is tax-deductible.
At the end of the season, i.e. during the monsoon, we will send you information on that particular turtle or nest that you have adopted. Information about the turtle include the year in which that particular turtle was first tagged, the number of times she had nested in Redang eversince, the number of eggs she had laid, etc. And you may name your turtle too *smiles* Information about the nest include the number of eggs deposited in the nest, the number of healthy hatchlings produced, the number of dead hatchlings or infertile eggs, etc.
If you are interested, you may download the adoption forms here:
Further questions can either be directed to me or to turtle@umt.edu.my though you may expect the same person to reply you *winks*
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Thought I’d visit and see your blog - very nice! I like the righthand column and all the categories. Did you design it yourself?
pelf: No, I didn’t design it though I’d love to have such talent
This pretty lady did it 
Hehe I’m tempted to adopt a turtle now and give it an impossibly hard name to pronounce.
pelf: Muahahaha, adopt a turtle and call it Merv. No, scrap that, male turtles don’t come to the beach, kakakaka
How’s your sister feeling btw?
pelf: She’s feeling better now, thanks
Nice layout!
just curious.
Glad to have been a part of SEATRU. Really enjoyed myself there. Thanks for the photo too!
Can i adopt a specific turtle? it’s left and right tag is my friend’s bitrhday and my year of birth
Take care too.
pelf: Yes, you can adopt specific turtles, but you will need to furnish us with the tag numbers. And please direct further enquiries to seatru@umt.edu.my
I’ll like to find out, is there anyway we could visit our adopted child? I’m very keen to adopt one. Hmm… maybe twins *wink
pelf: We do NOT know when these turtles will come back to nest again, so you cannot possibly see them again, UNLESS you’re so darn lucky
Theoretically, the females return to nest between 3 to 5 years 