Saturday, August 4, 2007

Alanna




Alanna enjoyed tossing the fish in the water ... a little too much.

Crab Attack

Turlte Bags


Sea Nettles



We have been getting many sea nettles in our Fyke nets recently. Sea nettle stings feel like an acidic burn, if you have ever been stung by the plant nettle then you know what I mean.

Emptying Fyke Nets




Pipin

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Juvenile





I believe it is four years old. Cannot tell gender yet. You distinguish between a male and female by the tails. Females have thin tails and males have fat. Male tails are fat because that is where they store their reproductive organs. A turtles gender is determined by the temperature of the nest. Hotter nests are females.

Diamondback Terrapins