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turtles1 · Level 3 Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 196

where can people get sea turtles for pets i saw this 1 picture on this other site yesterday (i for get which 1) but it was a man and a woman i think they lived in america and they lived on the beach but it was him and her feeding their sea turtle which was penned in with a nice size of beach for it but i thought they were protected?

tjjjjm · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject: sea turtles

Sea Turtles are protected by law. No one can use or have them as pets.

When I was in Oahu , Hawaii last month, I went to a turtle beach called the Honu, there was a giant greeen sea turtle basking right on the beach with the swimmers! There are volunteers there that rope the baskiing Sea Turtles off from tourists and visitors for protection. They first started appearing on the Hawaiian beaches since 1999 and no one knows why. They do migrate 500 miles to the French Shoals, and then come back to Hawaii to rest for several hours on the beach . Years and years ago they were almost extinct, but marine foundations bred them successfully to prevent their extenction . The only problem right now is that Indonesia is catching sea turtles for their food, and the world governments are trying to save them by passing laws to prevent them from being hunted for food.
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dixieee · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:27 am Post subject:

u can foster sea turtles but not keep them as pets cz u'll never be able to provide a good home for them..unless u buy the atlantic Wink

anyways if u're interested in having one, check the board's website www.allturtles.com there is a link there that lets u adopt a baby sea turtle. they'll keep it at their place (a rehab i guess) and u'll have a certificate of adoption. they'll send u pix of ur turtle and u can visit it but it stays there.
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

tjjjjm

Hi, thanks so much for telling me about the adoption. I already know about it, and I'd love to share this link with you, this is the beach where I saw the Honu Turtle, and if you explore this website there is a link that takes you to the adoption area . I plan on doing this in the near future, but the problem is. I will be giving my daughter a big sweet 16 party in September, so I'm on a budget right now. Sad

http://www.turtles.org/laniakea.htm
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dixieee · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:27 am Post subject:

wow thanx for the link, i love the place Very Happy

gotta start planning for my honeymoon lol Laughing

yeah it is sad how people abuse those sea turtles. although they know that almost all species are endangered, they still insist on rushing things for them! i saw a documentary that was showing how people make nests for sea turtles and as soon as turtles lay their eggs, people take the eggs and use them for sexual driving medicines.. is it the turtles' problem?!!
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

tjjjjm · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject: gross!

YIKES! people take turtle's eggs for sexual drive medicines? Never heard of that one! That's terrible and selfish of people to do this. How sad. Crying or Very sad

Thanks for letting me know, and I'm glad you enjoyed the Hawaiian green sea turtlle website I sent you.
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dixieee · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject:

i was so shocked about it too. how pathetic of us human beings! Mad

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

tjjjjm · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: Just out of curiosity,

Hello again, Just out of curiosity, what does 'Level 5" mean ? I noticed under your name you have 5 highlighted turtles and I am on llevel one with only one Highlighted turtle under my name. What is the meaning of this?
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dixieee · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:57 pm Post subject:

the levels have to do with how many posts u have here. the more u answer, the higher level u will go
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

tjjjjm · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:27 am Post subject: Levels

OH! thanks for the clarification, appreciated it! That's cute though! Surprised

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Jdude101 · Level 3 Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 191 Location: Georgia

I went on a 1 week trip to research loggerhead sea turtles at night and watching them nest. If you guys are interested in that it is on www.carettaresearchproject.org