Hawksbill

... , in la Bahia de Jiquilisco, a remote estuary in the eastern portion of the country, where the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), Pacific green (Chelonia mydas agassizi) and Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) turtles ...

... ble til at Kaya tok seg av solingen mens jeg tok meg av snorklingen og glad er jeg for det. Jeg fikk nemlig øye på en hawksbill skilpadde og en hvittippet revhai mens jeg var ute å snorklet =) Haien var ikke særlig stor (ca. 1m) og jeg var ...

... sei dank nicht zum essen, sondern zum Markieren und wieder freilassen. Er wurde nämlich zuvor von WWF ausgebildet. Die Hawksbill gehört zu den am meisten vorm Aussterben bedrohten Meeresschildkröten und man sieht sie nur noch sehr selten in der freien ...

... ; Their main source of food is sponges, commonly found among coral reefs- also endangered.  Over the past century the hawksbill population has experienced a decrease of at least 80%.  This genocide of their species is due to continued illegal ...

... helpful for coral reefs, because sponges are aggressive space users and can kill coral reefs by taking over.  Therefor, the hawksbill has its own ecological role to play in keeping the ocean healthy, because coral reefs are very important to the ...

... , lies this little centre that gets into preservation of these endagnered species of turtles, namely the Green Turtle, Leatherback Turtle and Hawksbill Turtle. The journey from Maran took us around 1 hour and 50 minutes and we reached here at 1.50 pm. The ...

... as exciting and beautiful as the first (and I manage to get off the boat a bit better too...).  In addition to another Hawksbill, we see a Green turtle, as well as Octopus, bright yellow pipe fish and a giant puffer fish - sadly unpuffed!  Plans ...

... a sleepless night.   The following day, we dug up the rest of the leatherback nest (another 41 turtles) and also a hawksbill nest (119 turtles) and released them all. It was really an awesome sight seeing so many tiny turtles making their way ...

... Trust, which can arrange natural history walks, bird-watching, visits to the Amerindian sites, and tours to see hawksbill turtle nesting grounds. I highly recommend taking advantage of some of the activities arranged by the Trust. On this particular ...

... the nets today, which I was actually happy about because the turtles needed a clean enclosure.  We started with the lone Hawksbill - who I discovered may actually be a male...or is a male.  I'm not sure but Fred said he's not mature enough to ...

... hasn’t been a lot of nesting thus far in the season there should be many more eggs Mike, my American contact and a hawksbill researcher tells me.  According to him, we should have half of the total eggs that are normally received in a single ...

... blessed with beautiful weather and enjoyed three spectacular dives, getting to not only see but feed both a Green Turtle and a Hawksbill Turtle.  Having finally got to grips with the underwater camera on previous dives, we actually managed to get ...

... in this ecosystem. Sipadan has been rated by many dive journals as one of the top dive destinations in the world. Hawksbill Turtles are frequently seen in the waters around Sipadan: green and hawksbill turtles (which mate and nest there), enormous ...

... had 3 different Turtles when we visited Green, Olive and Hawksbill, it was interesting to see how different they looked. The Hawksbill was very distinctive with a sharp snout and ridged plates across it's shell. We were lucky and they had some month old ...

... The rest of the dive was over the reef, just checking out the fishies. On the second dive of the afternoon we saw a hawksbill turtle, a cero, a huge grouper and a massive lobster hiding in the coral. I am really starting to like this diving thing!! After ...