Turtle Whisperer

Here is my little friend the one-year-old sea turtle. I went to Boatswain's Beach in Grand Cayman. It's mainly a turtle farm. They had a huge tank with a beach entrance for all the mature turtles, then little pods for each age for the first nine years of their lives. The little one-year-old turtles were the only turtles we could pick up. They would flap their fins like a bird when you picked them up, then rubbing them on their chins immediately calmed them down. I guess it gives them the feeling that they are eating. They were very cute and fun to watch. Many are released into the wild each year. Then what, you might ask, happens to the rest? Well, they are kept in the big tank to breed and some are sold. It was a little upsetting to finally realize that I was on a farm. Farm animals get eaten, this farm was no different. :(