The TAMAR project began in 1980 and has as its main goal the protection and preservation of Sea Turtles on the Brazilian coastline. As we learned from Morgan's informative presentation, there are only 7 species of Sea Turtles and 5 exist in Brazil.As you can imagine, we were very, very excited about our visit to TAMAR which is located near Salvador on the beach Praia do Forte. It is a beautiful area where turtles are studied, monitored and released. Over the last few years,TAMAR has broadened its focus to include conservation of other sea creatures since all are critical for the environment of sea turtles. During our visit to TAMAR, we encountered sea turtles (including babies!), sharks, sting rays, sea stars and more! We were impressed to see the representations of the different types of turtles as well as all sorts of displays explaining the whole process of protecting, hatching and releasing the turtles. Also noteworthy is that sometimes TAMAR rescues animals that could not survive in the wild - for example, last year, we saw an albino turtle which would surely never be able to go unnoticed by shark predators in the ocean. As Dr. Scott constantly reminds us, all creatures are part of the "food chain."
We thought that you would like to discover more about the 5 turtle species found in Brazil so we spontaneously produced this thrilling turtle documentary for your viewing and learning pleasure. And don't worry, no actual turtles were harmed in the making of this film....
Note: In order for the video to run smoothly, it is best to let the entire video download and then replay it...
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