#sea turtles

[great-and-small]

If you need some good news today- you should know that the sea turtle nesting data for 2023 is in and it’s really promising. In Florida, both greens and loggerheads have reached record high numbers of nests. We’re really hoping this is a success story in the making for both of these species.

Almost half of the world’s loggerheads nest in Florida, meaning the state has a huge responsibility to conserve the species.

[sleepy-bebby]

Sleeping sea turtle.

🔊 Sound on for bubbles 🫧

[bexorok]

So I’ve been doing this internship where we monitor sea turtle nests and I’ve been making memes about it

@marinebiologyshitposts

[asterwild]

headline round-up! here’s some recent good news that crossed my feed:

A great nesting season for olive ridley sea turtles in Bangladesh (via Mongabay, May 2023)

Red wolf puppies born in the wild for the second consecutive year, and a captive born pup integrated into the wild litter (via Wolf Conservation Center, May 2023)

Thousands of critically endangered Polynesian tree snails released in in Tahiti and Moorea (via Smithsonian Mag, May 2023)

[aquariumpacific]

POV: You’re Aquarist Rachel and you spot Theo while diving in Shark Lagoon. 🐢

[rapidpunches]

Pleco are invasive >:0 SEA GULLS ATTACK!!

Sea turtles LOVE jellyfish just so you all know.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[onejellyfishplease]

Decided to try my hand at an tmnt iteration,

They’re all sea turtles because I am still a marine biology nerd at heart.

Donatello is a short bean :)

All of their siblings are all some of the largest sea turtles in the world while they are one of the smallest.

Listen! I know sea turtles cannot tuck into their shell. But I had this idea- so let’s say that Draxum fudged Donnie’s DNA a little to allow for this. Donnie was planned to be his infiltrator after all.

Also:

Bug Time

Leo never looked at Donnie the same after this

Raph chased Miki around the lair for an hour after being woken up to an oar smacking him in the face.

Some Raph and Miki bonding. Raph loves making clothes for his siblings, even if he doesn’t show it all that much

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Sea Turtles!

[antiqueanimals]

A Child's Book of Snakes, Lizards, & Other Reptiles. Written by Kathleen N. Daly, illustrated by Lilian Obligado. 1980.

Internet Archive

[divintiy]

[glitter-alienz]

No, i didnt make my 100000th tmnt AU wdym??? (big lie)

i luv sea tortles sm

⤵️ mask-less turtles jumpscare! look at their spots :3

teenage mutant sea dwellers !! the tag is tmsd (shoutout to my friend @/aspen-washere thanks 4 da kewl name)

[classicwoodie]

[ellaandtheocean]

Yesterday I got to live my childhood dream of snorkeling and diving the great barrier reef. Aside from seasickness and ear problems while diving, this was an amazing experience. The colors here are like nothing I've seen before in my life. I'm now desperate to find ID guides on corals and reef fish and to learn more. I'd been hoping to see minke whales (aka guided missiles when they're breaching) but seeing a green turtles more than made up for it. I hope that more of these places are conserved and protected, as they show such a wealth of marine life.

[newlullabies]

Miniature Habitats by VeeCraftsStore on Etsy

[feather-bone]

Sea turtle! This is one of the prints for my Bird Mail Club crows this month!

[ID: an illustration of a sea turtle from the top down on a teal background made up of ripple-y lines in various shades. End.

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Aqua and Brown ~