I love the "smile" the ship has | 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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A lizard in the middle of the picture that ran out in front of us.

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

Another Hatchery Statue

Answers to the questions

Are those lava rocks?

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Breeding Pond Info

Brian holding the stingray

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Coming back to the ship

Coming through!

Conservation of the turtles

Crocodile questions

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Display of how an incubator is set up

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

Exploring the stairs

Eyes on the top

Gentle creature

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Gently gliding along

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

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

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

Green Turtle Facts

Hatchery Statue

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Hawksbill Turtle size

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Headed out to Stingray City

Here comes another

Heritage of the turtles

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

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

I love the "smile" the ship has

Isn't she cute!

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

Life of a Green Turtle

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Loggerhead Turtle size

Long tails are male, short tails are female

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

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

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

More black spiky rocks!

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Passing by Brian

Photos to help explain previous picture

Physiology of the turtles

Right under me!

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

Rules for touching the turtles

See how they flaps their sides to move

See I can smile!

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Smiley the Crocodile

Soft smooth skin

Swimming under a platform for workers

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

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

The end of the body of the female stingray

The origin of the name of this town

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

The sign says it all!

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

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

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

Touching the stingray

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

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