Coming back to the ship | Bigkitty Gallery

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Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Touching the stingray

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

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

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

The sign says it all!

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

The origin of the name of this town

The end of the body of the female stingray

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

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

Swimming under a platform for workers

Soft smooth skin

Smiley the Crocodile

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Size of an adult Green Turtle

See I can smile!

See how they flaps their sides to move

Rules for touching the turtles

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Right under me!

Physiology of the turtles

Photos to help explain previous picture

Passing by Brian

Our squid to feed the stingrays

More black spiky rocks!

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

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

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

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Loggerhead Turtle size

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Life of a Green Turtle

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

Isn't she cute!

I love the "smile" the ship has

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

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

Heritage of the turtles

Here comes another

Headed out to Stingray City

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Hawksbill Turtle size

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Hatchery Statue

Green Turtle Facts

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

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

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

Gently gliding along

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Gentle creature

Eyes on the top

Exploring the stairs

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

Display of how an incubator is set up

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Crocodile questions

Conservation of the turtles

Coming through!

Coming back to the ship

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Brian holding the stingray

Breeding Pond Info

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Are those lava rocks?

Answers to the questions

Another Hatchery Statue

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

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

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