{"id":5598,"date":"2001-06-08T20:43:20","date_gmt":"2001-06-09T01:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5598"},"modified":"2010-03-26T20:49:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T01:49:57","slug":"pregnant-pause-%e2%80%94-8-june-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=5598","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant Pause \u00e2\u20ac\u201d 8 June 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/06\/06-08-1-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5600\" title=\"06-08-1 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/06\/06-08-1-480.jpg\" alt=\"06-08-1 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/06\/06-08-1-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/06\/06-08-1-480-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Gravid Female Terrapins in Blackfish Creek Rip<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Mid-Atlantic colleagues reported terrapins nesting as early as the third week of May.\u00c2\u00a0 Our neighbors in Rhode Island began welcoming nesters this last weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 So, we have balloons ready and champagne chilled \u00e2\u20ac\u201d waiting for Wellfleet turtles to scramble upland and plant the first eggs of the season.\u00c2\u00a0 This morning marked an important milestone on the road to nesting.\u00c2\u00a0 Two mature females, which were captured flowing through the rip in Blackfish Creek, were clearly gravid with eggs palpable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Terrapin 1044 (20.5 centimeters and 1400 grams) and Turtle 1048 (18 centimeters and 1115 grams) both tested positive.\u00c2\u00a0 The other mature female seen this morning, #1099 (17.7 centimeters and 975 grams) showed no obvious sign of gravidity.\u00c2\u00a0 The rest of today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s captures included two pre-pubescent females and two mature males.\u00c2\u00a0 Of these seven turtles, three were recaptures and four were first timers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/06\/06-08-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5601\" title=\"06-08-2 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/06\/06-08-2-480.jpg\" alt=\"06-08-2 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/06\/06-08-2-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/06\/06-08-2-480-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Doreen Leggett Reports on Lieutenant Island Terrapins<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Helping to spread the word across the Land of Ooze about our threatened diamondback terrapins and to increase awareness as nesting season approaches, the <em>Cape Codder<\/em> newspaper published an excellent article on how Lieutenant Islanders and all Wellfleetians make sacrifices to ensure the survival of terrapins on the Outer Cape.\u00c2\u00a0 Ms. Doreen Leggett, who staffs the environment beat, wrote a compelling two page story that even included a comprehensive fact sheet on terrapins out here at the northern edge of their universe.\u00c2\u00a0 Hats off to Doreen and the <em>Cape Codder<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gravid Female Terrapins in Blackfish Creek Rip Mid-Atlantic colleagues reported terrapins nesting as early as the third week of May.\u00c2\u00a0 Our neighbors in Rhode Island began welcoming nesters this last weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 So, we have balloons ready and champagne chilled \u00e2\u20ac\u201d waiting for Wellfleet turtles to scramble upland and plant the first eggs of the season.\u00c2\u00a0 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