Jun 12, 2019
We live on one gorgeous planet
📸: @tina_conservation at Jacksonville Beach, FL
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We live on one gorgeous planet
📸: @tina_conservation at Jacksonville Beach, FL
This is an example of what the egg chamber in the sea turtle nests look like. This was as deep as your elbow and this sand was packed meaning patted down and hard. The sea turtles use their back flippers to carefully dig this out to lay their eggs. It amazes me how perfectly round each nest is. Sea turtles lay ~100 eggs per nest. After a few months, the babies emerge. The sex of the turtle is determined by the temperature of the sand. Warm temps produce females and cold temps produce males. If the temperature is neither to hot or to cold, the nest produces both males and females.
📸 by @tina_conservation (IG)
Love the sound and beauty of waterfalls 💙✨
📸: @tina_conservation at Sharon Woods in Cincinnati, OH
Giraffe’s tongues are really fascinating on their own. The front of their tongues are a black/purple hue and acts as a built in sunscreen. Why is this? Giraffes love to eat leaves on various trees and in Africa, the sun is shining quite frequently. If there tongue were to get burnt, eating would become quite painful. So the giraffe evolved to have this built in protection. Just like how we use sunscreen to protect our skin when we are out in the sun. Giraffe’s tongues are also prehensile which means they can wrap their tongues around branches, twigs, and in between thorns to get all of the nutritious leaves they love. Their saliva is also thick which is thought to help protect their tongue and mouths against sharp branches/twigs as well as thorns. Their tongues are also super long! They can range in length from 17-19 inches (45-50 cm). Pictured here is Luna from the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens. Being so close to these amazing creatures is something i will never forget. And we used to give them treats from us education guides. Luna, pictured here, LOVED the carrots. 📸 by @tina_conservation (Instagram) at @jacksonvillezoo