Comments on: How to differentiate a green and a hawksbill turtle

By: steve lompe

steve lompe — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:49:55 +0000

You contacted my daughter about the turtles on her blog. My wife and I patrol Padre Island National Seashore and I was lucky enough to find a nesting Kemp’s Ridley. I got to watch her build her nest, lay her eggs and do the turtle dance to pack the sand down. Then since she had not been seen before. I got to hold her while they tagged her, put GPS identifer in her flipper and take a DNA sample. There were 118 eggs in the nest and they should be hatching after the 4th of July and I hope to help with the release. A couple weeks later we found an injured green turtle about one and a half years old. We took her to the ark which is a rehab place for turtles. The program here has been a great success thanks to Donna Shaver, the lady in charge. In 1997, they only found 9 nests, this year at last count it is up to 127 nests.

By: pelf

pelf — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:37:56 +0000

skeet: I’d sure like to visit Hawaii and you one day! :)

By: skeet

skeet — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:32:01 +0000

Pelf, when you come to visit (everyone comes to visit Hawaii eventually!) I’ll take you to a little secret cove that only locals know about. I’ve never spotted less than six green sea turtles when I’ve been there. They frolic in the water and come up on the beach to sun themselves. At least I think they are green sea turtles. Now that I know how to tell I’ll need to go over there and confirm.

By: pelf

pelf — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:15:53 +0000

clement: Yes, Terengganu it is. And yes, both green and hawksbill turtles are found in Terengganu. In fact, they do nest in Redang Island!

By: clement

clement — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:12:49 +0000

ya ya, understandable… is it found in malaysia? what’s that place call again… in terengganu there…