Te Mana O Te Moana https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/ Thu, 12 May 2022 20:03:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.temanaotemoana.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-1-LOGO-PRINCIPAL-TMOTM-full-quadri-1-1-32x32.png Te Mana O Te Moana https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/ 32 32 An octopus attack on an hatchling turtle recorded for the first time https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/an-octopus-attack-on-an-hatchling-turtle-recorded-for-the-first-time/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:07:21 +0000 https://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=22243

Thanks to a drone survey after a green sea turtle nest hatching on Tetiaroa, we were able to capture images of predation… by an octopus!
A first for our team that up to now had been able to film predation by sharks and big fishes’ predation but never by a cephalopod.

Watch by following the link HERE.

A bit shout-out to all our partners: Direction de l’Environnement Polynésie Française, The Brando, Tetiaroa Society Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, Pacific Beachcomber, Hinerava, Vilebrequin, Van Oord, Esri, Air Tahiti Nui, Kristin Hetterman et Sven Lindblad, The Andrew Sabin Foundation.

Thank you to Martjin for these images!

]]> Release of 2 of our residents: Muto’i and Milla! https://www.temanaotemoana.org/en/release-of-2-of-our-residents-mutoi-and-milla/ Tue, 07 Nov 2017 01:16:10 +0000 http://www.temanaotemoana.org/?p=12723 On October 12, we released two green turtles.

Muto’i (“police officer” in Tahitian) is a green turtle that was seized last August by the gendarmes of Moorea in an individual where she waited returned on the back before being cooked. She was at the side of another turtle, of which only the plastron (underside of the carapace) remained. Muto’i therefore avoided death and presented only superficial wounds upon its arrival which quickly healed. It was released in Moorea with of one of the gendarmes who rescued her and we hope she can continue to evolve in our Polynesian waters.

In June, Milla, a young green turtle was also rescued by a family aboard a sailboat while floating in the middle of a cluster of seaweed at marina in Tahiti. The impact on his carapace left no doubt as to the origin of his injury: a spear gun arrow that could have been fatal.

The two turtles moved in different directions when they were launched: Milla to the sea and Muto’i to the land…

 

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