I love the "smile" the ship has | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Tuesday 4 February 2020
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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

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

See I can smile!

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

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

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

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

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

Right under me!

Coming through!

The origin of the name of this town

Here comes another

Photos to help explain previous picture

Loggerhead Turtle Info

More black spiky rocks!

Green Turtle Facts

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

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Hatchery Statue

Eyes on the top

Life of a Green Turtle

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

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

Hawksbill Turtle size

Exploring the stairs

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Isn't she cute!

Gentle creature

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Display of how an incubator is set up

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

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

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Crocodile questions

Heritage of the turtles

Conservation of the turtles

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Loggerhead Turtle size

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Rules for touching the turtles

Are those lava rocks?

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

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

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

Smiley the Crocodile

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

Gently gliding along

See how they flaps their sides to move

Breeding Pond Info

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

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Physiology of the turtles

Touching the stingray

Another Hatchery Statue

Headed out to Stingray City

Passing by Brian

Answers to the questions

Coming back to the ship

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

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

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