This afternoon we had the wonderful opportunity to hold a hawksbill sea turtle! The students creatively named the two hawksbill turtles Fred and Slappy. All the students were given the chance to hold a hawksbill turtle and have their picture taken. Once the photo op was over, the students witnessed the release of the two turtles into their natural habitat. The students formed a tunnel of support for their new found friends. Slappy took the students encouragement and “ran” with it. He was the first one to begin his journey in the sea while Fred was not in any hurry to go into the unknown. After a lot of encouragement(plus a little lift to the edge of the beach), Fred joined his friend Slappy on their great journey in the sea.
Following the release of Fred and Slappy we listened to Claudio talk about the different species of turtles in and around Costa Rica. It was amazing to hear about the progress that conservation agencies are taking to protect the sea turtle.
-Dawn and Lisa
PS- Please help keep our friends Fred and Slappy (and the rest of our turtle friends) safe- learn great ways you can help by visiting Claudio and his group on Facebook: VolunteersSavingSeaTurtles, and the website is latinamericaseaturtles.org and widecast.org!
Please contact Claudio at claudio@widecast.org if you have any questions or want to tell them how you are helping! He would love to hear from each of you on what you are doing in your community to assist.
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