{"id":4765,"date":"2001-02-18T15:36:52","date_gmt":"2001-02-18T20:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=4765"},"modified":"2010-03-03T15:41:52","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T20:41:52","slug":"looking-back-looking-forward-%e2%80%9418-february-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=4765","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back, Looking Forward \u00e2\u20ac\u201d18 February 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-1-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4766\" title=\"02-18-1 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-1-480.jpg\" alt=\"02-18-1 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-1-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-1-480-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Terrapin Processing at Blackfish Creek<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">The terrapin field researcher faces a life of endless challenge.\u00c2\u00a0 Hours spent in stuffy work clothes, cramped office conditions without even the\u00c2\u00a0simple convenience of a chair to lighten the load, total reliance on private conveyance with no public transit available, and not the\u00c2\u00a0barest\u00c2\u00a0shelter from warming sunshine and cooling bay breeze.\u00c2\u00a0 Alas, a lonely, rugged\u00c2\u00a0life where a rock is your desk and the beach becomes your home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-2-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4767\" title=\"02-18-2 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-2-480.jpg\" alt=\"02-18-2 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-2-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-2-480-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet, you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t beat the company.\u00c2\u00a0 Whether human or terrapin, only the friendliest, most photogenic and curious\u00c2\u00a0join the party.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-3-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4768\" title=\"02-18-3 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-3-480.jpg\" alt=\"02-18-3 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-3-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/02-18-3-480-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">And, in the world of terrapin research, life <strong><em>is<\/em><\/strong> a beach.\u00c2\u00a0 Although for some, I guess, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d just rather be sailing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOHN KRAMER<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrapin Processing at Blackfish Creek The terrapin field researcher faces a life of endless challenge.\u00c2\u00a0 Hours spent in stuffy work clothes, cramped office conditions without even the\u00c2\u00a0simple convenience of a chair to lighten the load, total reliance on private conveyance with no public transit available, and not the\u00c2\u00a0barest\u00c2\u00a0shelter from warming sunshine and cooling bay breeze.\u00c2\u00a0 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