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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanMay 27, 10 Comments Off
Hi there friends, how was you day?? Aimee and I both had the day of together for once and the first thing we did was load the bikes and head to Saint Joris to ride my new trail. When we got there it had just rained and we thought about turning around and going back home but at the last second we decided to give it a try. The parking lot was a muddy mess but to our disbelief the desert was dry as a bone?? It was so weird! So the good news is we finally got to try out the new trail with two tongue dragging dogs hot on our heels!! The first section of trail that is now open is about a mile long and hopefully with more help next time it will continue to grow over the coming year. It was so fun to finally go with Aimee out here so she could see just what I had been working so hard on and this Sunday others will meet me for a grand tour as well. Because it was so blasted hot and humid after that rain and no wind at all, we turned the bikes around and headed back to the car only stopping to let the dogs go for a quick swim in the ocean before loading the bikes and heading back home! We both finally got to rest a little bit today and we even took a nap, I know can you believe it?? Me taking a nap?? About the only other thing we did was go grocery shopping and I went to the bike shop to get a new tubeless tire. At around 5:00 I took off for an hour and a half fast paced ride thru the wilds of Curacao!
This is a beautiful Hawksbill Turtle I found at 80 feet a few days ago and swam along side him for quite awhile. The Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family cheloniidae. It is the only species in its genus. The species has a worldwide distribution, with Atlantic and Pacific subspecies. Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata is the Atlantic subspecies, while Eretmochelys imbricata bissa is found in the Indo-Pacific region. The hawksbill’s appearance is similar to that of other marine turtles. It has a generally flattened body shape, a protective carapace, and flipper-like arms, adapted for swimming in the open ocean.E. imbricata is easily distinguished from other sea turtles by its sharp, curving beak with prominent tomium, and the saw-like appearance of its shell margins. Hawksbill shells slightly change colors, depending on water temperature. While this turtle lives part of its life in the open ocean, it spends more time in shallow lagoons and coral reefs where it feeds on its primary prey, sea sponges. Some of the sponges eaten by E. imbricata are lethally toxic to other organisms. In addition, the sponges that hawksbills eat usually contain high concentrations of silica, making them one of few animals capable of eating siliceous organisms. They also feed on other invertebrates, such as comb jellies and jellyfish.
Because of human fishing practices, E. imbricata populations are threatened with extinction. The World conservation Union classifies the Hawksbill as critically endangered. Several countries, such as China and Japan, hunt them for their flesh, which they consider a delicacy. Hawksbill shells are the primary source of tortoise shell material, used for decorative purposes. The Conservation on International Trade in Endangered Species outlaws the capture and trade of hawksbill turtles and products derived from them but illegal poaching still continues. Off to bed, glad you all liked the little yellow bird from yesterday so much, we had about 30 e-mails on that one! Bye now, Barry SITE MAP
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