Hello!
Yesterday I went to a sea turtle program. It was at Canaveral National Seashore. I asked the ranger if I could record the program (audio), and she said yes, so I will include it here. In addition to that, I saw the space shuttle (Atlantis) launch! Here are some pictures from my cell phone:
Here’s the shuttle launching..
Here are its trailers[? correct terminology???? probably not]
We had planned to go camping that night, but there were so many mosquitoes, that we had to skip that. I got over 8 mosquito bites in under 10 minutes at the camp site. So, we didn’t really want to risk more bites.
The shuttle launch drew a large crowd and created a lot of traffic, so while we were late arriving at the park (but not late for the program). 
Here’s part one of the program:
(You can’t hear much on the third one except the ocean)…
We basically learn about Leatherbacks, Green, and Loggerhead sea turtles (because those are the 3 kinds that nest at Canaveral). The Leatherbacks and Greens are endangered species, so we were not allowed to view them, but the Loggerhead is threatened.
- Leatherbacks: eat jellyfish, are flexible (compress/decompress–they dive deep to eat the jellyfish). They are largely cartilaginous because jellyfish (their main diet) is mostly water! They are ENDANGERED because so they often eat PLASTIC BAGS and BALLOONS+BALLOON-RIBBON and CHOKE on them because they look alike in the water (plastic bags are clear/translucent, and balloons are colorful, like some species, and have ribbons that look like tentacles). They are MASSIVE. :]
- Green turtles (are the Dude turtles seen in Finding Nemo
!) are endangered for many reasons. They supposedly taste good. Their name comes from their green body fat/meat! They can swim up to 60 miles per hour, and do indeed swim in the East Australian Current (as seen in Finding Nemo, again). The difference is they swim solitarily (not in groups). - Loggerheads have larger heads than the other two. They are threatened mainly because they eat foods we eat. They eat crabs, lobsters…and end up getting trapped (and drown) in fishermen’s nets.
Sorry, no pictures of the loggerhead turtle–flash would disturb them (and confuse them). However, the rangers guided us with a red colored light because that doesn’t disturb them (they can’t see it). I have a few pictures from the park center though:
Perhaps we can all work together to help save marine (and terrestrial) life. :]
