Sea Turtles of Exuma
Sea Turtles of Exuma
I was introduced to turtles by my dear Nana. She named her pet turtle Moses, after the prophet. He began his life very small, the size of a quarter, a refugee from the local pet shop. He lived in a fish bowl in my Nana’s kitchen. I don’t know what she was feeding him but he soon outgrew this vessel. It wasn’t long until Moses was spending his winters in an aquarium and holidaying in the backyard pond with the goldfish during the summers!
In the 1950s, my Great Auntie’s, Winnie and Queenie, travelled to the Bahamas and brought home this hand carved wooden treasure. Who would have thought this turtle would escape my mom’s linen closet only to find its way home again to the Exumas. The most majestic exquisite sea turtle.
They have survived millions of years but recently they have succumbed to anthropogenic threats that could lead to their extinction. Recognized as an endangered species, the sea turtle’s greatest enemy is plastic.
Come swim with the sea turtles of Exuma and fall in love with this precious prehistoric creature.
