The scales on each side of sea turtle’s head are like fingerprints for human : unique to each individual and stable with time. As such, a photograph of a sea turtle’s head allows us to identify this turtle and to follow her in her movements : it’s what we call photo-identification. Unlike conventional tracking methods (tags, satellite […]
Arrival of a new sea turtle at the Clinic …
The Clinic welcomed a new sea turtle this month : Sammy is a young green turtle found by a fisherman who was fishing along the reef in Moorea. As he noticed that the turtle had difficulties swimming, he decided to take her in his boat and bring her back to the Clinic. Sammy has no apparent […]
One day at the Sea turtle Clinic….
Our team is regularly doing daily or weekly tasks at the Clinic. For examples this week was dedicated to the building of a new nursery for Bob, Maeva and Luce, the hatchlings we rescued a few months ago at Tetiaroa during our nesting monitoring program. The babies are growing fast, and we are anticipating their needs […]
A new technician at the Clinic …
Since August 1st the team of our foundation extended itself. We welcomed a new technician in our Clinic’s team : Maui. He is native from Moorea and is 25 years old. He will be on contract with us for a year, and will be in charge of daily tasks at the Clinic (food preparation, sea turtle feeding, cares, […]
Oceane, a green turtle welcomed at the Sea turtle Clinic….
“Oceane” is a young green turtle that was found floating a few days ago by a fisherman from the island of Moorea. Worried by her unsual behavior, he decided to load her on his Kayak and bring her back to the Sea Turtle Clinic as fast as possible. Her clinic examination revealed that Océane was actually a spear […]
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