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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Selam Mick Amca
I really enjoy your videos, very informative without
an overload ofinformation, and the banter between you and Truly is great.
I chose this video to write a comment because it is about animals, showing your love and interest in animals.
I would like you to do an educational video about the stray dogs. We have a holiday home in Datça and we see lots of people from the Turkish cities on holiday there with pet dogs that are treated as toys. After the holiday the dogs are thrown away, like so much rubbish. It is tragic to see these animals, some still young puppies with collars that will slowly choke it as it grows.
They are lost, confused. While in the towns the restaurants fed them, the seaside resorts that close for the winter or the site's with the holiday homes the dogs are staving as there isn't anyone there interested in taking responsibility for these poor desperate animals.
You have a large following of both Turkish and English speaking viewers. Could you please make a video about the plight of these animals that are treated not as living beings, but a toy to play with then discard.
You made an excellent videos about the appalling litter problems. This too is a real problem that is being caused by people with little knowledge or love for animals.