Omani Turtles!
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:15 pm
Back from 2000km Omani trip, down to where the turtles nest. Here's some pics if you like: https://picasaweb.google.com/prossett/T ... directlink
mshalllah
nice place man
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:54 am
waaaaaaaaaaaaaw
mshalllah
nice place man
mshalllah
nice place man
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:57 pm
Wow, great pictures Paolo. We have a couple major nesting beaches in Cyprus too. and they are fairly well protected.
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:36 pm
Yeah, it was awesome. This was open beach.
BTW, handling turtles (or other wild animals) is not the right way to go about it, so please don't take these pics as example. There were plenty of turtles, but those I documented were the ones we intervened. The first turtle was an old momma who got stuck out in the sun (they come in at night and lay hundreds of eggs under the cover of darkness, and they have to get back in the sea before the sun comes up) and she was in distress: completely exhausted and dehydrated. That's the one you can see the kids running and pouring water over her. She was big and old, but she eventually mustered enough strength to make it to the water!
The baby was found totally in the wrong direction - heading up the wadi to the mountains!! LOOOOOL so that was a goner unless we turned her around and put her on the beach facing the waves LOL as soon as it sensed the downhill, it took off like a little rocket!
And the most dramatic rescue was the young mother turtle who I spotted stuck in the rocks just before dawn - took 5 adults to pull her out she was so heavy! The tide was coming in and she was pinned down so also she was going to die if we hadn't intervened.
So, please don't think you can pick up and touch any sea turtle you come across
normally you wait in darkness and silence and just watch 8)
BTW, handling turtles (or other wild animals) is not the right way to go about it, so please don't take these pics as example. There were plenty of turtles, but those I documented were the ones we intervened. The first turtle was an old momma who got stuck out in the sun (they come in at night and lay hundreds of eggs under the cover of darkness, and they have to get back in the sea before the sun comes up) and she was in distress: completely exhausted and dehydrated. That's the one you can see the kids running and pouring water over her. She was big and old, but she eventually mustered enough strength to make it to the water!
The baby was found totally in the wrong direction - heading up the wadi to the mountains!! LOOOOOL so that was a goner unless we turned her around and put her on the beach facing the waves LOL as soon as it sensed the downhill, it took off like a little rocket!
And the most dramatic rescue was the young mother turtle who I spotted stuck in the rocks just before dawn - took 5 adults to pull her out she was so heavy! The tide was coming in and she was pinned down so also she was going to die if we hadn't intervened.
So, please don't think you can pick up and touch any sea turtle you come across
normally you wait in darkness and silence and just watch 8)Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:16 pm
Great man.
Where is that beach.?????
Where is that beach.?????
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:13 am
Just south of the official turtle beach at Ras al Jinx - full track will be in The National soon.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:50 pm
Cooooooooool man.PR wrote:Just south of the official turtle beach at Ras al Jinx - full track will be in The National soon.
Thanks
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:00 am
Mashalla ...
i used to go to SUR cuz Part of my family are there
and visited Ras alhadd and alashkharah many times
they have a fantastic white Peach and Pure sea water
about the turtles i think there is one privit Peach in Ras alhadd they open it for tourists
so they can see it.
NOTE: about 2000 km i think u mean the all trip coz it's just 500 Km from alain to there ..
thanks for shareing Pics ..
i used to go to SUR cuz Part of my family are there
and visited Ras alhadd and alashkharah many times
they have a fantastic white Peach and Pure sea water
about the turtles i think there is one privit Peach in Ras alhadd they open it for tourists
so they can see it.
NOTE: about 2000 km i think u mean the all trip coz it's just 500 Km from alain to there ..
thanks for shareing Pics ..
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:41 am
what is a white peach ?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:52 am
White sandy beachWasif Ahmed wrote:what is a white peach ?