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16 JUNE 2020 - Sheikh Hamdan releases turtles into the wild to celebrate World Sea Turtle Day 🐢
The project, held to mark World Sea Turtle Day on Tuesday, was organised by Jumeirah's Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project. The team released 45 hawksbill turtles, as well as an additional 20 hatchlings from the Emirates Marine Environmental Group’s Jebel Ali Reserve.
Each of the 45 rehabilitated turtles have spent the last few months being treated for various ailments including plastic ingestion, and injuries that required surgery.
The turtles released included a hatchling that washed up on World Sea Turtle Day last year, weighing only 11 grams. It has since grown, and her weight has since increased tenfold, according to Gerhard Beukes, director of aquarium operations and animal husbandry at Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project.
“The rehabilitation process starts with critical care at the facilities at Burj Al Arab, then progresses to the sea-fed turtle rehabilitation lagoon, where the turtles acclimatise to ambient conditions, and build up fitness levels prior to release back into the wild”
Hawksbills are important for coral reefs, as they forage on and keep sponges in check. The past few decades have had a rapid decline in turtle numbers, and it is thought that there are less than 8,000 adults nesting females globally, a reduction of 80 per cent in the last century.
The Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project has now returned more than 1,900 turtles to the Arabian Gulf from across the UAE, since its inception in 2004.
10 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT SEA TURTLES
World Sea Turtle Day is celebrated on 16 June. But with 8 million tonnes of plastic dumped in our oceans every year, these amazing creatures are under threat. In fact, six out of seven species of marine turtle are threatened with extinction.
Here, we share 10 facts that show just how amazing these creatures are, and highlight why we must fight back against the plastic pollution choking our oceans.
1.Turtles don’t have teeth. Instead, their upper and lower jaws have sheaths made of keratin (the same stuff your fingernails are made of) that fit onto the skull like a pair of false teeth.
2.Turtle shells are made of over 50 bones fused together - so they're literally wearing their bones on the outside.
3.The first few years of a marine turtle’s life are often referred to as the ‘lost years’. That’s because the time between when the hatchlings emerge until they return to coastal shallow waters to forage is incredibly difficult to study. The lost years they spend at sea - which can be up to 20 years - largely remain a mystery to humans.
4.Marine turtle species vary greatly in size. The smallest, Kemp’s ridley, are around 70cm long and up to 40kg in weight whilst the leatherback can reach up to 180cm and 500kg in weight. That’s over 10 times heavier!
5.It’s estimated that as few as 1 in 1,000 marine turtle eggs will survive to adulthood. And if beaches are strewn with litter, it can prevent hatchlings reaching the sea.
6.Female leatherbacks make some interesting noises when they are nesting - some of which sound similar to a human belch.
7.Turtles seem to prefer red, orange and yellow coloured food. They appear to investigate these colours more than others when looking for a meal.
8.Marine turtles can migrate long distances - the record is for a female leatherback that swam nearly 13,000 miles over 647 days from Indonesia to the west coast of America!
9.Female marine turtles return to the same beach they hatched on to nest. Marine turtles’ amazing ability to navigate comes from their sensitivity to the Earth's magnetic fields.
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10.Even with all these amazing features and adaptations, six out of the seven species of marine turtle are threatened with extinction, and the seventh is listed as data deficient.
Plastic pollution is one major threat to sea turtles. In fact, one sea turtle out of two has ingested plastic - often mistaking it for food such as jellyfish.
We all have a role to play in fighting back against the plastic waste choking our oceans. Join the fight to stay updated on how you can help.
📝 Turtle Rehabilitation In Jumeirah ➡ www.jumeirah.com/en/turtles
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The Crown Prince of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
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