On our third day being in Costa Rica we finally set out to go capture sea turtles. It was a beautiful day out on the water too. We watched the research assistant set up the net and then we all went out into the water to undo any possible tangles.

Once we got on shore some people went to look for sloths and others stayed behind. I ended up staying behind, but later some of us got an opportunity to go out with our captain and see them a little closer. We saw some baby calves with some of the dolphins, but every time we got too close they would slip under the water and swim away. We soon gave up searching for them and headed back, but that was when we got the announcement we caught our first turtle. Our researcher we were with was doing a study on hawksbill turtles and what they were eating. So we got to watch her do a lavage to see what the turtle was dieting and watched her do a venipuncture. We then helped her obtain its weight and measurements. Once we were done we returned the sea turtle back to the ocean.