The Loggerheaded Turtle in Fethiye, Turkey

There’s a beautiful big reptile that often comes into the sea, into the bay here in Fethiye, in Turkey, and it weighs as much as a car engine. We call it the loggerheaded turtle. Its Latin name is Caretta caretta, and the Turks call it Deniz Kaplumbagasi. These beautiful reptiles have been around for over 100 million years.

Threats to Loggerheaded Turtles

The loggerheads can weigh up to 400 pounds; that’s 180 kilos, and be almost a meter wide. However, humans have been their main downfall, as we use their beaches where they lay up to 100 eggs at a time, and they’re often killed by boat propellors and from eating the rubbish that we throw in the sea.

Wildlife in Fethiye, Turkey

As with the last program, I’ll be telling you the Turkish names for all the wildlife that I’m gonna show you. So, this cute little bird is what the Turks call the Ak Kuyruksallayah, or what we call the Pied Wagtail. This is a Dudukcunu, or what we call the common sandpiper.

In my last program, we saw a couple of egrets, and this week I’ve spotted another egret here, which, at this time of the year, changes its color slightly, and that’s called the cattle egret, or what the Turks call Sigir Balikcili. There’s a very noisy bird here that looks like a sea gull, and it dive bombs into the sea after the fish. We call them turns, and the Turks call them Sumru, or Sumrular.

Springtime Wildlife in Fethiye

This is the time when animals which have been hibernating come out and start enjoying the springtime, and I was lucky enough to see the first tortoise this morning. In Turkish, this is called a Tosbaga. By counting the growth rings on its shell, I think this one’s probably nine or 10 years old.

Conclusion

As it’s springtime in the migration period, who knows what I might see this week, and I’ll film what I can and put it on the internet for you. Thanks for watching.

Source: “There’s a beautiful big reptile that often comes into the sea” by Explore with Sven, YouTube.

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