Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Turtles and Dolphins


This weekend we decided to be tourists and go swimming with dolphins! While we waited our turn we went over the the turtle farm and finally took some pictures with the turtles!




I know it is sad to see the turtles in confinement, destined to end up on a plate, but if they weren't raising them at the farm they would be catching them in the sea. They also breed and release a variety of turtle species (some endangered), which is great for the turtle population. Sustainable development, what are you going to do? The Caymans are trying to educate the children in school to like the turtles and see them more as pets than food. So that is something.

This is the only picture of a dolphin I took. We have a video of us doing the swim, but we couldn't take our camera into the pool :( It was a lot of fun and definitely worth doing once. The dolphins reminded me a lot of dogs in their mannerisms and attitude.

1 comment:

  1. Jealous! I want to swim with a dolphin... I'm glad you had a good time.

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