AHOY TURTLES

AHOY LOGGERHEAD TURTLES

     With the current being so strong at Horseshoe Reef, we came into the beach at Baradel Island of Tobago Cays and drug the dingy way up on the sandy bank. Slipping our snorkel and fins back on, we swam out into the calm turtle conservation area. 

     It took a while to find the turtles grazing on the bottom. Gene captured some good shots of them munching grass like cows do and strolling about.

Gene thought there must have been some strong storms this past hurricane season as the sand seemed to cover much of the grass the turtle's like to eat. Turtles also eat jellyfish. If they didn't we couldn't swim in the ocean without being stung to death. Plastic bags and stray fishing lines are the main killers of turtles.

They're bigger than they look!

Long-spined sea urchin.