Episode 50! Ryan and Tom catch up and talk about the CT house bill that was introduced regarding PROHIBITING BREEDING OF ALL ANIMALS IN THE STATE, behavior that can make us (hobbyists) look bad and touch a bit on tortoise eggs! Check it out!
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Episode 49! Friend Ralph Till joins us once again to talk about the Kleinmanni Assurance Project, a privately established and run studbook aimed at maintaining healthy Egyptian Tortoises for the foreseeable future. As always we have a great conversation with Ralph and encourage you to look into the project! Link Below!
https://www.kleinmanniassuranceproject.com/
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Episode 48! Ryan and Tom catch up after Christmas and talk about a lot of turtle news! See below for the articles we mentioned! We hope you all had and are having a wonderful Holiday Season!
Repatriated Pyxis and radiata!
Snapping Turtle Listing Proposal
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Episode 47! Ryan and Tom catch up after Thanksgiving and talk about a variety of subjects, including the results of the first LTT survey! Listen up!
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Episode 46! Dr. Zach Bell is with Two Turtle Tom and I as we talk about the Ryuku Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle of Okinawa! Dr. Bell helped to establish the Okinawa Kame Center in Okinawa, Japan to protect and conserve this wonderful turtle species that even glows blue! You have to listen to this one!
https://www.okinawa-kame.org/en-home
https://www.instagram.com/okinawakamecentre/#
IG: @okinawakamecentre
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Episode 45! Chris Lechowicz joins the pod to talk about what turtles do after a hurricane impacts their habitat. Chris has first hand experience from his work on Sanibel Island with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation in Southwest Florida and offers some great insight! So download/stream and give this episode a listen!
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Episode 44! Ryan and Tom catch up and talk about a several items in the news that can affect keepers. Box Turtle Poaching, the Animal Welfare Act and the Diamondback Terrapin’s petition for federal listing are all discussed in this episode of Let’s Talk Turtles.
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Episode 43! Ryan and Tom welcome Raul Gonzalez to the podcast! We talk about keeping animals outside, moving long distances with animals and, bog turtles and much more. Tune in and catch up with the three of us as we Talk Turtles!
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Episode 42! Ryan and Tom are joined by Ashley Ortega, who has been managing the AZA Studbook and is the AZA SSP Coordinator for Galapagos Tortoises! This episode is FILLED with giant tortoise talk. Ashley was amazing and I’m excited for folks to listen, so please LISTEN!!
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Episode 41! Old Friend Alert!!! Jordan Donini is back and he has been busy! Tom and Ryan talk Florida Box Turtle home range Mangrove Diamondback Terrapin nesting and the upcoming Herpeton conference!
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Episode 40! Dr. Heather Smith joins the podcast to talk about turtles from 230 million years ago up to modern day tortoises breathing via tracheal gas exchange! Learn about long, lizard-tailed Baenid turtles, where to see their fossils and a lot more with Tom and Ryan on this episode of Let’s Talk Turtles!
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Episode 39! Dr. Tharusha Wijewardena joins Tom and Ryan to discuss her work with turtles in Canada! How effective is a Blanding’s Turtle headstart program in an urban setting? Listen up to get the answer as well as more turtle talk!
Twitter: Turtle_ecology
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Episode 38! Dr. Will Selman joins Tom and Ryan to discuss the recent listing of megacephalic Graptemys species. Maybe you heard about the recent listing of the Pearl River Map Turtle as Threatened on the Endangered Species Act? It drew some interest amongst groups of turtle enthusiasts as the Service used the Similarity of Appearance clause to protect. Dr. Selman’s perspective on this is rather unique as it would take you less time to read a genetic code than it would to read his works with Graptemys! Enjoy this episode and I hope it sheds some light on this subject. :)
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Tom
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Episode 37! Tom and I discuss UV Index, Reptile Bulbs and the North American Turtle Crisis. Why are we not talking about this more?! Listen up!
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Tom
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Episode 36! Tom and I are here with Aaron Johnson as we celebrate his accomplishments with a difficult Hinge-back species, Kinixys belliana! We’ll talk about how he treated his animals, persevered and produced young!
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Tom
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Episode 35! Tom and I are here with Anthony Pierlioni talking about the Turtle Room and so much more. Take some time out of your day to listen! We hope you enjoy!
theturtleroom.org
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Tom
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Episode 34! In this episode Tom and I welcome Turtle Survival Alliance veteran, Jordan Gray. We discuss The TSA annual symposium, spotted turtles and even some conservation/preservation talk… Who’d have guessed!? Enjoy the show!
https://turtlesurvival.org/annual-symposium/
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Tom
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Episode 33! In this episode Tom and I discuss giving back to offset the pet trade and many other interesting topics. We ask you to listen and be open to understanding various perspectives and take action in the conservation of our favorite taxa!
Ryan:
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Tom
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Episode 32! In this episode we welcome Nathan Haislip to the show! Nathan has a plethora of Chelonian care experience from a zoo perspective, an NGO perspective and as a private keeper! Join us as we talk Manouria and more!
Ryan:
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Tom
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