#greenturtle

[cfb2021]

[origamidotme]

green turtle by Jang Yong Ik by Pere Olivella https://flic.kr/p/2h2XLCS

[spearfishing-freediving-world]

perfect🤩🐢 Reposted from @hanna_freediver Back with my best buds again ✌️ Happy Turtle Tuesday y’all! Hope everyone is having a good start to the week. Yesterday was the first time I stood on the beach in the afternoon light since before lock down and it felt really really good. Somethings in my life are sliding into an abyss of darkness what I can’t control.. but somethings are full of so much light that they pull me back to the surface again and I’m grateful for those moments more than I can say. This moment here was so beautifully captured by my other best bud @curwin246 💪 Love the rainbow patterns from the light refraction on this bebe turtles shell! So magic ✨ . follow us 👇👇👇👇👇👇 @spearfish.and.freedive.world . . . . . . . . . . #love #life #freedivers #underwater #underwaterphotography #covi̇d19 #barbadoslife #turtletuesday #bikinigirl #socialdistancing #barbados🇧🇧 #covid #caribbeanqueenoffreediving #seaturtle #caribbeanlife #turtles #deepdiver #caribbeansea #barbados #greenturtle #turtlesofinstagram #longdistancerelationship #longdistance #live! #turtlelove #freedive #bestfriends #freedivegirl #freediveinstructor #diverfinblades https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbpNmlltzF/?igshid=kxxbn9gl5y24

[usfwspacific]

Saving a Haggan Betde on Guam

Endangered green sea turtle found entangled in a net by John Blitch/USFWS What started as a regular morning on a routine beach inspection at the Guam National Wildlife Refuge turned into a heroic rescue of an endangered green sea turtle – also called a haggan betde in the native CHamoru language.  

Refuge maintenance supervisor Brian Leon Guerrero, and acting Refuge manager John Blitch, were completing a routine morning beach patrol which includes: looking for fresh sea turtle tracks that may indicate recent nesting activity, picking up marine debris washed up on the shore of the Refuge, and counting and identifying birds.

Their patrol turned out to be anything but routine when they spotted a large fishing net that wash up on the beach. Upon closer inspection they discovered a sea turtle trapped in the net. These types of lost or abandoned fishing lines, nets, and traps that drift in the water trapping and killing marine life are a specific kind of marine debris known as ghost nets.

At first they thought the turtle had already become another casualty of a ghost net, but then they saw that it was still alive and sprang into action to save the entangled turtle. The pair was able to cut the netting to free the turtle which quickly made its way back to the ocean and swam away. Thanks to the heroic efforts of Brian and John the turtle lived to swim another day!

Video of the green sea turtle being cut from the netting and swimming away back to the ocean by John Blitch/USFWS

Marine debris including ghost nets, can entangle and harm all types of marine animals. For air-breathing animals like the endangered green sea turtle, entanglement in debris can prevent them from being able to swim to the surface to breathe, causing them to drown.

While Brian and John were able to save this sea turtle, countless others are not as lucky.  Ghost nets can float around the ocean passively continuing to fish and trap other wildlife potentially for many years or even decades.  Each year over 1 million marine animals (including mammals, fish, sharks, turtles, and birds) die due to marine debris, according to the Sea Turtle Conservancy. A University of Queensland study found that more than half of the world’s sea turtles have ingested some plastic or human garbage.

Marine debris is a globally pervasive issue that poses a significant threat to the marine environment. To learn more about marine debris, what is being done to address it, and how you can help, please visit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program website.

Visit Guam National Wildlife Refuge

Guam National Wildlife Refuge is located on the island of Guam, an unincorporated U.S. Territory. Guam is the largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Archipelago, situated in the western Pacific Ocean. The Refuge is open daily from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm, with closures on all major federal holidays. For more information please visit the Refuge website: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/guam/

[waltb31]

Happy Sea Turtle 🐢 off the coast of the Mayotte 🇾🇹 Archipelago in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar 🇲🇬 and Mozambique 🇲🇿. #SeaTurtle #SaveTheOceans #ClimateChange #SaveTheWildlife #NoHunting #BucketList 📷Beautiful photo capture by @tom_nierle_photography #Repost @tom_nierle_photography ・・・ In turtle paradise... . . #greenturtle #turtlesofinstagram #protecttheocean #marinelife #featured_wildlife #underwaterphotography #underwaterworld #raw_allanimals #1natureshot #nature_of_our_world https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKfUU1lHm6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=24zmgmh7t97g

[piratespicards]

Martinique : Tortue verte en snorkeling - - - - #travellers #vacation #travelawesome #voyageursdumonde #voyaged #wonderful_places #bestplacestogo #placesearth #martinique #972 #antilles #snorkeling #seaturtle #turtle #greenturtle #free #nature #underwaterphotography #newfriend https://www.instagram.com/p/BsV3acQAWYG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1eh6q3zz9b4sd

[derpina-voadora]

Green Turtle Designed: Jacky Chan #origami #paperfold #paperfolding #origamiart #origamilicious #instaorigami #origamilover #origamilove #papercraft #papiroflexia #turtle #wildanimals #animals #greenturtle #origamis #folding #dobradura #origamania

[scubafish]

And for this weeks awesome turtle check this handsome guy out! #turtletuesday #greenturtle #endangeredspecies #turtlelove (at Ko Lanta)