At the pier | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Tuesday 4 February 2020
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The sign says it all!

Are those lava rocks?

More black spiky rocks!

Those black rocks would become white-ish if put in baking soda and water.

The origin of the name of this town

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Swimming under a platform for workers

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Exploring the stairs

Heritage of the turtles

Conservation of the turtles

Physiology of the turtles

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

Look one turtle is in the tunnel like Erica was in Tampa!

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Crocodile questions

Answers to the questions

Smiley the Crocodile

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Rules for touching the turtles

I got to touch one that's just a few years old!

Isn't she cute!

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

The "beach" the females lay their eggs in. The workers move the eggs to the Hatchery.

A lizard in the middle of the picture that ran out in front of us.

Breeding Pond Info

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

They can swim under the platform we started our tour on.

Hatchery Statue

Another Hatchery Statue

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Green Turtle Facts

Hawksbill Turtle size

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Loggerhead Turtle size

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Life of a Green Turtle

Display of how an incubator is set up

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Photos to help explain previous picture

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

A male on the right, I think a female in the middle, and unknown gender on the left

Getting up close with a Stingray that's about 40 yrs old

Brian holding the stingray

Headed out to Stingray City

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Hold it like an icecream cone, and keep your thumb down

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Soft smooth skin

The par that's in the middle of the tail is the barb

Don't touch the barb...it will hurt you!

Gently gliding along

See how they flaps their sides to move

Lots of stingrays and fish...hey free food daily, you'd hang out too!

Right under me!

Gentle creature

See I can smile!

Touching the stingray

Coming through!

Passing by Brian

Here comes another

Eyes on the top

The end of the body of the female stingray

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Grand Cayman is a tender port...we are leaving the ship

Coming back to the ship

I love the "smile" the ship has

It needs a bit of paint touch ups when it goes to dry dock in December

This is Bes...our Tour Guide/driver for the day (just not at Stingray)

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

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