Sea Turtles

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I thought id share this, i was looking through old photos. Pics at a see turtle farm.

These photos are over 5years old so there not that clear.

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I really like the 4th photo down, they look pretty big. There are a ton of baby turtles in the tubs! Where were you and how big of a place was it?

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Cayman islands

Here a link to the turtle farm website
http://turtle.ky/picture_gallery.htm

Sad thing is there raised for food, though some are released into the wild.

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Who could eat sea turtle, I know I couldn't do it, even if its their delicacy.

I was looking at the faq, which is a disaster by the way, it's showing up in all html code. They say about 60% of each year's hatchlings are raised to 3 - 4 years of age to be processed for food that is sold locally (a national delicacy). Out of these, 1 - 2% are kept to become future breeders instead of food. The remaining 40% are released into the ocean when they are around one year old.

They also say they have released over 30,000 turtles back into the wild. Now I'm not sure the last time they updated that number. But if I did my math right they eat 60% of them which equals 45,000 turtles.

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I couldnt eat them but its a cultural thing. Its like we eat cow and pig, where other countries couldnt bare it. Its just about putting things into perspective you know?

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That's interesting. I like trying new things, I'd give it a shot.

Although they do end up eating most of them, I like that they at least release some into the wild where they can be happy and free.