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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Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

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

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

The sign says it all!

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

See I can smile!

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Size of an adult Green Turtle

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

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

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

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

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

Soft smooth skin

Photos to help explain previous picture

Coming through!

Right under me!

The origin of the name of this town

More black spiky rocks!

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

Here comes another

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Green Turtle Facts

Hatchery Statue

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Eyes on the top

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

Isn't she cute!

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Exploring the stairs

Hawksbill Turtle size

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

Display of how an incubator is set up

Gentle creature

Life of a Green Turtle

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Crocodile questions

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

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Heritage of the turtles

Loggerhead Turtle size

Are those lava rocks?

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Conservation of the turtles

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

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

Smiley the Crocodile

Rules for touching the turtles

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

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

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

Breeding Pond Info

See how they flaps their sides to move

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Gently gliding along

Physiology of the turtles

Another Hatchery Statue

Passing by Brian

Headed out to Stingray City

Touching the 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

The end of the body of the female stingray

Swimming under a platform for workers

Hawksbill Turtle Info

I love the "smile" the ship has

Brian holding the stingray

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

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

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