Turtles

August 16, 2010   


So Charlie asked several times what sea turtles eat and I didn’t really know the answer. Nor do I really know what type of turtle we rescued from the fishing net. I have sent the picture off to turtle experts so that they can tell me. You can have a look and see from the picture if you can ID it by using the Sea Turtle Conservancy site.

Check out the website http://www.conserveturtles.org/ for more information. I have to say it was the highlight of my pacific adventures during July and August.

 

2 Responses to “Turtles”

  1. Charlie Casey August 20th, 2010 at 9:57 am

    I found this in the Web on sea turtles. The last sentence answers my particular question of what do they eat far out in the ocean. I still haven’t identified the kind of sea turtle we came upon to my satisfaction.

    ‘….food items include sponges, corals, sea pens, polychaete worms, sea anemones, cephalopods, barnacles, brachiopods, isopods, insects, bryozoans, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, starfish, fish (eggs, juveniles, and adults), wrasses, hatchling turtles (including members of its own species), algae, and vascular plants. During migration through the open sea, [sea turtles] eat jellyfish, floating mollusks, floating egg clusters, squid, and flying fish.’ – from wikipedia

  2. admin August 20th, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    The guy from the turtle conservation place I sent pictures to says it was a green turtle.