Recently the association has set up for the period from April to May the project “Atira’a ia Moorea – All united for Moorea”. This project aims to allow local associations or professionals to share with the general public their knowledge in cultural, social, scientific or environmental fields. Since Tuesday April 4th, many free training days have […]
Rebecca Brando, godmother of our actions on Tetiaroa
Rebecca Brando wanted to support the conservation actions carried out by Te mana o te moana since 2004 and in particular those carried out on the atoll of Tetiaroa bought by her father Marlon Brando in 1966. In this context, Rebecca accepted our invitation to accompany the teams in the monitoring of green sea turtles […]
Did you know
DID YOU KNOW Did you know the female turtles have a spermatheca ? Sea turtles have the ability to store sperm after mating with multiple males ! Female turtles can lay eggs from several different fathers in the same nest.
Fun fact
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 […]
