We went by Dinghy and Ricky’s Nissan Pickup truck taxi with seats in the pick-up bit. The sanctuary is on the other side of the island to our boat. We saw a great big green Iquana in the road. The driver stopped to let it cross!
Brother King runs the sanctuary for Hawksbill and Green turtles. Old Heg is an old deformed Hawksbill turtle that can’t be released as it swims too slowly to catch prey and avoid predators.
The youngest turtles we saw were 12 days old – they were about 5cm long. We saw them being fed tuna chunks and they ate it all.
The Hawksbill has a very sharp beak as they are carnivores. Green turtles have rounded jaws as they are vegetarians.
I was very excited and glad to see so many turtles. It was a really good experience that made me happy -- particularly to see so many babies.
I am ashamed that people still catch turtles to eat when there are so few left.
We were allowed to pet the Green turtles (their necks are very soft) and at the end we bought T-shirts.
I felt quite happy when I saw the turtles were being helped.
I came out feeling really cheerful about the fact that someone is helping the turtle population.
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