Part of our excursion to Dalyan, (see post below) was the stop at the "Turtle Island"
Turtle Beach, is surrounded by salt water on one side and fresh water on the other. It is one of the last breeding grounds of the Sea Turtles and therefore delightfully undeveloped.
Normally Turtle Beach can be visited, but from 1 May - 31 October the beach is inaccessible to the public between 20.00 and 08:00, because of noise and light disturbance. It is protected and surveyed by volunteers.
These measures have proven to be successful, despite the enormous increase of tourism. The monitoring programme carried out from 1988 onwards, shows a stable population and even a slight increase of nests on the beach.
But we had the opportunity to see these enormous turtles called Caretta caretta in the water. The caretaker threw crabs into the water and they came up to fetch them.
You can read more about them here
They were very quick and it was difficult to take pictures !
Here they are playing in the water
Some of them are so big as an arm chair and weights over 80 kgs !
It was a very interesting part of our excursion
I found this video on YouTube, which shows you that even turtles are playful and intelligent !
What a wonderful trip.
ReplyDeleteExcelente trabalho e bela fotografia.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e boa semana.
Andarilhar
That was a great experience.
ReplyDeleteYou managed to get some good photos of the turtles. I remember something about newly hatched turtles in Malaysia crawling towards the increasingly bright town instead of towards the sea.
ReplyDeleteHello, what a great trip! I would love to see these turtles.
ReplyDeleteHappy Tuesday, enjoy your day!
Sea turtles are a joy to watch.
ReplyDeleteWorth a Thousand Words
Oh my goodness, a turtle as big as an armchair! That's incredible.
ReplyDeleteI had a turtle at my home wen I was small
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Those turtles are incredible, aren't they? Enormous!
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