This trip to Costa Rica has been amazing so far! I have been here for two days. We are staying in the Osa Peninsula, which is on the southern border of the country. This is where two endangered sea turtle species live, the green sea turtle and the hawksbill. We have spent the past two days catching these sea turtles. We arrive at the station at 8:00 am. We have to take a twenty minutes bike ride to get there. We get up early but it is worth it! Once we get there we load all the supplies onto the boat and travel ten minutes to a beach. We then set out the nets. Once they are set out in the water we need to untangle them. There is 200 meters of this net. We then wait on the beach until a turtle gets caught. When it gets caught it is brought ashore. It takes about five or six people to carry the turtle to the sand. We need to quickly measure the biometrics, check for tags, and record the data. If there are not any tags we need to tag both left and right front flippers and take a tissue sample. This is to study the genetics on these sea turtles. There is a lot of waiting, but once we catch a turtle it is so exciting to see these amazing creatures. I can\u2019t wait to see more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This trip to Costa Rica has been amazing so far! I have been here for two days. We are staying in the Osa Peninsula, which is on the southern border of the country. This is where two endangered sea turtle species live, the green sea turtle and the hawksbill. We have spent the past two … Continue reading SPC Veterinary Technicians in Costa Rica by Jillian Festa<\/span>