365 Project, Day 57
Here is my day fifty-seven submission to my 365Project:
Until today we haven't seen any turtles (although I've had 3-4 suspected sightings but they were too far to tell and weren't moving at all!) then today this Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) was one of three sightings of turtles we had! It might have helped we had flat calm seas but it is also nearing nesting season here and apparently the turtles start to aggregate offshore Angola about this time of the year before heading to the beaches to nest starting in September.
When I first spotted this turtle it was floating at the surface and, apparently, had been there so long it's shell dried out! Unfortunately, we rudely disturbed it from its rest and, as the vessel passed, it dove and swam straight down.
Fun fact of the day:
The smooth shells and paddle-like flippers of sea turtles help them speed through the water as fast as 24 km/hr. These turtles have been known to swim up to 4 828 km in one year!
For more info on Olive Ridley Sea Turtles go check out the MarinBio and the Sea Turtle Conservancy webpages.
Until today we haven't seen any turtles (although I've had 3-4 suspected sightings but they were too far to tell and weren't moving at all!) then today this Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) was one of three sightings of turtles we had! It might have helped we had flat calm seas but it is also nearing nesting season here and apparently the turtles start to aggregate offshore Angola about this time of the year before heading to the beaches to nest starting in September.
When I first spotted this turtle it was floating at the surface and, apparently, had been there so long it's shell dried out! Unfortunately, we rudely disturbed it from its rest and, as the vessel passed, it dove and swam straight down.
Fun fact of the day:
The smooth shells and paddle-like flippers of sea turtles help them speed through the water as fast as 24 km/hr. These turtles have been known to swim up to 4 828 km in one year!
For more info on Olive Ridley Sea Turtles go check out the MarinBio and the Sea Turtle Conservancy webpages.
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