Getting closer | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Tuesday 4 February 2020
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Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

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

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

I love the "smile" the ship has

Coming back to the ship

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

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

The end of the body of the female stingray

Eyes on the top

Here comes another

Passing by Brian

Coming through!

Touching the stingray

See I can smile!

Gentle creature

Right under me!

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

See how they flaps their sides to move

Gently gliding along

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

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

Soft smooth skin

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

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

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Headed out to Stingray City

Brian holding the stingray

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

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

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

Photos to help explain previous picture

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Display of how an incubator is set up

Life of a Green Turtle

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Loggerhead Turtle size

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Hawksbill Turtle size

Green Turtle Facts

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Another Hatchery Statue

Hatchery Statue

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

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Breeding Pond Info

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

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

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Isn't she cute!

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

Rules for touching the turtles

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Smiley the Crocodile

Answers to the questions

Crocodile questions

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

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

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

Physiology of the turtles

Conservation of the turtles

Heritage of the turtles

Exploring the stairs

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Swimming under a platform for workers

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

The origin of the name of this town

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

More black spiky rocks!

Are those lava rocks?

The sign says it all!

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