FUN FACT CAN A SEA TURTLE DROWN ? Obviously YES Turtles have lungs and breathe air. If a sea turtle doesn’t come up to the surface to breathe, she drowns. What a surprise for a sea turtle! Did you know that the sea turtle apnea record is held by the leatherback turtle? The record is […]
Here returns to the ocean after 5 months at the Care center
Welcomed at the Sea turtles care center at the end of September 2022 with an open shell wound due to a boat propeller, HERE’s health was very worrying her internal organs, including her lungs, were visible through the wound. After several weeks of treatment in the care room, HERE’s wound started to get better and she joined […]
Focus on Thomas Pesquet visit
Two weeks ago, we had the pleasure of welcoming French astronaut Thomas Pesquet accompanied by a delegation of students and supervisors from the Mission school. Thanks to our sponsor Jean-François Clervoy, Te mana o te moana previously had the opportunity to collaborate with Thomas Pesquet in 2016 as part of a major storytelling competition which […]
Organisation of a training module for jet-ski professionals
Today, we had the pleasure of welcoming 15 interns as part of the Polynesian professional guide certificate for outdoor physical activity – Jet ski speciality organized by the Polynesian Department of Youth and Sport. During the 2 hour module, our Education Director, Vie Stabile discussed the following topics: Emblematic species of Polynesia. Environmental code and […]
PROJET HEI ONE – Sand : discovery of a mineral world
We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Brice VAILLANT, sand collector and former President of the Francophone Arenophilia Association Invited by Te mana o te moana in partnership with Air Tahiti Nui, the objective of his visit as part of the HEI ONE project was to raise public awareness of the problem of erosion, overexploitation […]
