Getting closer | Bigkitty Gallery

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

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

See I can smile!

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Size of an adult Green Turtle

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

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

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!

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

Here comes another

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Hatchery Statue

Green Turtle Facts

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!

Exploring the stairs

Hawksbill Turtle size

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Gentle creature

Display of how an incubator is set up

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

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Life of a Green Turtle

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Crocodile questions

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

Heritage of the turtles

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Loggerhead Turtle size

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

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

Conservation of the turtles

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Smiley the Crocodile

Rules for touching the turtles

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

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

See how they flaps their sides to move

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Gently gliding along

Breeding Pond Info

Physiology of the turtles

Another Hatchery Statue

Passing by Brian

Headed out to Stingray City

Touching the 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

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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