Beautiful day | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Tuesday 4 February 2020
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Albums: Vacations / 2020 NCL Dawn Southern Caribbean Cruise / Grand Cayman
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Getting up close with a Stingray that's about 40 yrs old

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Brian holding the stingray

I love the "smile" the ship has

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Swimming under a platform for workers

The end of the body of the female stingray

Coming back to the ship

Answers to the questions

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

Headed out to Stingray City

Passing by Brian

Touching the stingray

Another Hatchery Statue

Physiology of the turtles

Gently gliding along

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Breeding Pond Info

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

See how they flaps their sides to move

Smiley the Crocodile

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

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

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

Rules for touching the turtles

Are those lava rocks?

Conservation of the turtles

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Heritage of the turtles

Loggerhead Turtle size

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

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

Crocodile questions

Our squid to feed the stingrays

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

Display of how an incubator is set up

Life of a Green Turtle

Exploring the stairs

Isn't she cute!

Hawksbill Turtle size

Gentle creature

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

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

Eyes on the top

Hatchery Statue

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Green Turtle Facts

Loggerhead Turtle Info

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

More black spiky rocks!

Here comes another

Photos to help explain previous picture

The origin of the name of this town

Coming through!

Right under me!

Soft smooth skin

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

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

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

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

Size of an adult Green Turtle

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

See I can smile!

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

The sign says it all!

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

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

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

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