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

Created on: Tuesday 4 February 2020
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Getting up close with a Stingray that's about 40 yrs old

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Brian holding the stingray

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

Answers to the questions

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

Coming back to the ship

Touching the stingray

Headed out to Stingray City

Passing by Brian

Another Hatchery Statue

Physiology of the turtles

Gently gliding along

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Breeding Pond Info

See how they flaps their sides to move

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

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

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

Smiley the Crocodile

Rules for touching the turtles

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

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Conservation of the turtles

Are those lava rocks?

Loggerhead Turtle size

Heritage of the turtles

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

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

Crocodile questions

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Life of a Green Turtle

Gentle creature

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

Display of how an incubator is set up

Exploring the stairs

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Hawksbill Turtle size

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Isn't she cute!

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

Eyes on the top

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Hatchery Statue

Green Turtle Facts

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Here comes another

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

More black spiky rocks!

The origin of the name of this town

Right under me!

Photos to help explain previous picture

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.

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

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

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

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

See I can smile!

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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