Posted on: 2017-11-03 10:30:42

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A bit of housekeeping before we got on with the turtle news: We’ll be posting Turtle News Briefs once per week, on Fridays, at least through the end of 2017. The plan is to return to 2x weekly in early 2018.

Now. Here’s the turtle stories we found interesting over the past few days. There an inspiring short video of the women of the Terrapin Nesting Project. Plus cocktails for turtles, and turtle CPR.

Also, turtles come knocking, a 2-headed slider, and more.

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Recent U. S. Turtle News

Some people just really love turtles (not that we can blame them!). We found a front yard turned into a nesting site, and CPR for a turtle. Plus drinking for a good cause, lots of sea turtles going home, and more.

Georgia Sea Turtle Center welcomes students: The Center offers year-round educational programs to inspire students and help them understand the natural world.

Would you turn your front yard into a terrapin nesting site? Check out this short video about the women of the Terrapin Nesting Project. Yes, including the yard full of terrapin nests! 💗

Would you do CPR on a turtle? This man did. And it worked! The poor thing got caught in his crab trap, so he saved it. (Florida)

Blanding’s turtle educational session: It’s happening at the November 7 meeting of the Izaak Walton League’s Elgin Chapter. (Illinois)

Proposed rule bad for whales & sea turtles: Regulating the nets used to catch swordfish at the federal level would prevent California from protecting marine life from those nets.

Drink Naked Turtle Rum cocktails to save sea turtles: 5 bars in Maui will donate a portion of the sales of special Naked Turtle Rum cocktails to the Hawaii Wildlife Fund. … Can’t make it to Hawaii? Naked Turtle Rum also donates a portion of its sales to the Sea Turtle Conservancy.

Coco is going home: She’s a loggerhead sea turtle who has called the Virginia Living Museum home for more than 2 years. The museum has sent her to North Carolina where she’ll be released on Saturday.

Officer Fogle protects Kathy until help arrives: Officer Fogle is a Horry County (South Carolina) police officer. He responded to a call of a stranded loggerhead turtle on the beach. He stayed with the turtle (later named Kathy) until the North Myrtle Beach Sea Turtle Patrol could pick her up. 💗

Scute has gone home: She’s a 2-year old loggerhead who was part of an educational program in Jensen Beach. (Florida)

A pretty good year for St. Joseph Peninsula & Indian Pass sea turtle nests: Storms did minimal damage & they had a good hatch rate.

Apple Jacks has gone home: The sub-adult green sea turtle arrived at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in February with a large wound and fibropapilloma tumors. After laser treatment for his wound and surgery to remove the tumors, he went back to the sea on November 1.

And the Tour de Turtles results are in! Plus remember the Sea Turtle Open House later this month:

• The Tour de Turtles has ended for 2017: Soca, sponsored by Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, took the gold in the Leatherback category. And in the Hardshell category, it’s Eliza Ann for the win! Eliza Ann is a loggerhead and sponsored by Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch & Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club.
• The Sea Turtle Open House is on November 25: Come out to the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in South Wellfleet, Massachusetts to learn about sea turtles.

 

 

Recent International Turtle News

Protecting nesting turtles in India & Australia. And nesting turtles overwhelm some Costa Rica beaches. Plus a 2-headed slider, tourists harassing sea turtles, and more.

Two-headed slider wins the internet: Little Michelangelo is 3 months old and just adorable. Pretty quick, too. Story includes video. (Thailand)

Knock, Knock … Who’s there … Sea turtle! Seriously! So many turtles have been trying to nest at Ostional beaches there’s not enough room for them all. So some head to nearby yards instead. And sometimes they stay a while. (Costa Rica)

7-month ban on fishing in Odisha: The ban aims to protect Olive Ridley sea turtles, which will be nesting in the area soon. The ban will last until May 31. (India)

It’s turtle nesting season: And a Western Sydney University researchers is urging all Australians to keep an eye out for turtles in the road. He’d also like you to download the Turtle SAT app [https://turtlesat.org.au/turtlesat/default.aspx] to report your turtle sightings.

Monitor lizard vs turtle nest: The lizard got some eggs back in September. But the Singapore Land Authority and the National Parks Board protected the nest until 46 little turtles emerged from the remaining eggs. 💗

Divers harassing sea turtles []: They were petting the turtles & stopping them from swimming away. They posted a video of themselves on YouTube (video not included with story). (Taiwan)

And don’t forget Yoshi’s party!

• Yoshi will get a going-home party: Yoshi is a popular loggerhead sea turtle living at Two Oceans Aquarium. She’ll go back to sea in December, but the aquarium is having a party in her honor on November 20. All proceeds from the party will go into the aquarium’s turtle rehabilitation work. (Cape Town, South Africa)