{"id":5046,"date":"2001-04-25T20:46:28","date_gmt":"2001-04-26T01:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5046"},"modified":"2010-03-08T20:57:59","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T01:57:59","slug":"fundamental-questions-%e2%80%94-25-april-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5046","title":{"rendered":"Fundamental Questions \u00e2\u20ac\u201d 25 April 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"04-25-1<\/a><\/p>\n

Low Tide Drained Blackfish Creek Looking West<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When temperature drops to 45 degrees, winds howl from the north at 20+ knots, wind chills plunge into the mid-20s, and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re chest deep in frigid bay water wading across Blackfish Creek, you begin to question life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fundamentals: the importance of research, the value of terrapin conservation, and most urgently, your sanity.\u00c2\u00a0 The sky was gray, the water grayer, sandbars gray, and my fingers ashen.<\/p>\n

\"04-25-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mating Pair of Horseshoe Crabs (Female in Front)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Very little turtle activity in the creek.\u00c2\u00a0 The only critters stirring were horseshoe crabs.\u00c2\u00a0 Six pairs were mating in the low tide rip along sandbars and a single pair remained locked in warm embrace at the high tide mark on Lieutenant Island north beach …<\/p>\n

\"04-25-3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Horseshoe Crab Mating Art<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

. . following a mating dance of some artistic proportion.<\/p>\n

\"04-25-4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Male Diamondback Terrapin #1049\u00c2\u00a0Slips through the Rip<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I saw two mature female terrapins snorkeling in the main channel, but visibility proved impossible to locate them underwater.\u00c2\u00a0 Near the end of the tide, a lone male paddled by me.<\/p>\n

\"04-25-5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Freezing Don Lewis Processes Male Terrapin #1049<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Terrapin 1049 measured 11.7 centimeters carapace length and weighed in at 276 grams.\u00c2\u00a0 A passive fellow, he still showed muddy residue on his tail and cowl, indicating a very recent emergence from brumation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Low Tide Drained Blackfish Creek Looking West When temperature drops to 45 degrees, winds howl from the north at 20+ knots, wind chills plunge into the mid-20s, and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re chest deep in frigid bay water wading across Blackfish Creek, you begin to question life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fundamentals: the importance of research, the value of terrapin conservation, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5046"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5058,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5046\/revisions\/5058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}