Getting closer | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Tuesday 4 February 2020
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Turtles in the Breeding Pond

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

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

Coming back to the ship

Answers to the questions

Headed out to Stingray City

Another Hatchery Statue

Touching the stingray

Passing by Brian

Physiology of the turtles

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

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

Breeding Pond Info

Gently gliding along

See how they flaps their sides to move

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

Smiley the Crocodile

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

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?

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle size

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Heritage of the turtles

Conservation of the turtles

Crocodile questions

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

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

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Display of how an incubator is set up

Gentle creature

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Isn't she cute!

Exploring the stairs

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

Hawksbill Turtle size

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Life of a Green Turtle

Hatchery Statue

Eyes on the top

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

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

Green Turtle Facts

Loggerhead Turtle Info

More black spiky rocks!

Photos to help explain previous picture

The origin of the name of this town

Here comes another

Right under me!

Coming through!

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.

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

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

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

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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