Peter Milan and his wife have tracked the fascinating life's of turtles. Turtles live to be in the 70s or 80s and make migrations to mating and nesting grounds. Through their studies they have compiled a list of places where turtles migrate. They go to Bermuda to grow up then travel thousands of miles away to a different place to spend their adulthood. This calls for a different strategy for protection of these turtles.
It's amazing to know how far these turtles swim, just to lay their eggs. It seems as though the turtles like the warm water, which makes them grow to enormous sizes. The turtles living in these warm waters are most likely a key stone predator, keeping the fish population to a minimum. Though these turtles are predators towards other small animals, they too as well have to watch out for bigger predators... SHARKS! These turtles, as soon as they hatch are vulnerable to everything including: birds, large fish, and crabs. The protection of sea turtles must be take in a more serious manner, in order to allow the turtle population to reproduce for future generations to enjoy for time to come.
First reading the article, I was initially shocked that sea turtles even lived to be in their 70's to 80's. I never knew they survived to such old ages. I once viewed sea turtles as simply beautiful creatures, however after reading this article, I admire the turtles for their strength. This article opened my eyes to the distances they travel, and the difficult journey they undergo in avoiding predators. Meylan and his wife's job is awesome, and they are very fortunate to have been involved in the research of sea turtle migrations. The sea turtle as explicated in this article serves as a paradigm or model, to demonstrate how us humans should never "stop swimming" until we reach our destination.
The turtles, in this show that turtles live to be 70's or 80's thats almost like humans! They have to travel a far distance just to reproduce. After they do that their offspring could be eaten by preditors. Meylan and his wife have a cool oppurtuny to spend thier time studying these cute but strong creatures. They are easy examples of giving anthropomorphic qualities!
Science Daily shows research that reveals the livehoods of turtles and how they differ as those turtles grow into their adulthood. Turtles change their migration over time as they grow into adulthood by moving thousands of kilometers and therefore, changing their habitat, exposing themselves to other different dangerous and vulnerable life time.
I had heard that sea turtles only migrate to their birthplace for nesting. The research in this article suggests that they migrate much more. Dr. Peter Meylan and his wife have discovered this by putting tags on turtles and tracking location. Data shows that juvenile turtles travel thousands of kilometers to different areas where they grow up. As it turns out, this migration is also a very dangerous time for sea turtles.
Peter Milan and his wife have tracked the fascinating life's of turtles. Turtles live to be in the 70s or 80s and make migrations to mating and nesting grounds. Through their studies they have compiled a list of places where turtles migrate. They go to Bermuda to grow up then travel thousands of miles away to a different place to spend their adulthood. This calls for a different strategy for protection of these turtles.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing to know how far these turtles swim, just to lay their eggs. It seems as though the turtles like the warm water, which makes them grow to enormous sizes. The turtles living in these warm waters are most likely a key stone predator, keeping the fish population to a minimum. Though these turtles are predators towards other small animals, they too as well have to watch out for bigger predators... SHARKS! These turtles, as soon as they hatch are vulnerable to everything including: birds, large fish, and crabs. The protection of sea turtles must be take in a more serious manner, in order to allow the turtle population to reproduce for future generations to enjoy for time to come.
ReplyDeleteFirst reading the article, I was initially shocked that sea turtles even lived to be in their 70's to 80's. I never knew they survived to such old ages. I once viewed sea turtles as simply beautiful creatures, however after reading this article, I admire the turtles for their strength. This article opened my eyes to the distances they travel, and the difficult journey they undergo in avoiding predators. Meylan and his wife's job is awesome, and they are very fortunate to have been involved in the research of sea turtle migrations. The sea turtle as explicated in this article serves as a paradigm or model, to demonstrate how us humans should never "stop swimming" until we reach our destination.
ReplyDeleteThe turtles, in this show that turtles live to be 70's or 80's thats almost like humans! They have to travel a far distance just to reproduce. After they do that their offspring could be eaten by preditors. Meylan and his wife have a cool oppurtuny to spend thier time studying these cute but strong creatures. They are easy examples of giving anthropomorphic qualities!
ReplyDeleteScience Daily shows research that reveals the livehoods of turtles and how they differ as those turtles grow into their adulthood. Turtles change their migration over time as they grow into adulthood by moving thousands of kilometers and therefore, changing their habitat, exposing themselves to other different dangerous and vulnerable life time.
ReplyDeleteNice Posts Girls- How do these turtles know exactly where to go to avoid predators...especially when they are so young!
ReplyDeleteI had heard that sea turtles only migrate to their birthplace for nesting. The research in this article suggests that they migrate much more. Dr. Peter Meylan and his wife have discovered this by putting tags on turtles and tracking location. Data shows that juvenile turtles travel thousands of kilometers to different areas where they grow up. As it turns out, this migration is also a very dangerous time for sea turtles.
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