April 13, 2010

Turtle Tagging in Suva

Last week we got a call from Fiji’s main university, The University of the South Pacific, asking if we would help them tag a turtle they found. Of course we were only too happy to drive down the road to their campus to record the turtle’s size, species, condition, etc…, then to stab it with a shinny new aluminium tag and release it into the sea.

Fijian Hawksbill turtle

It was only a small little thing but I was very happy in the knowledge that it was only out of the water and in human hands for a small period of time – this is not always the case as you may remember from HERE.

Fijian Hawksbill turtle being released

Anyway, it was a 39cm long hawksbill turtle for those interested. I called him Rupert but apparently I was outvoted and his recorded name was Keanu (Coolness in Hawaiian), but whatever. Stay sweet Rupert!

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