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Zoological Society To Host “Reef Watch” EventWednesday, May 27, 2015
Polar explorer and environmentalist, Robert Swan OBE, once said: “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
Francis Patton overjoyed with BZS link-up
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Teachers at Francis Patton are celebrating as they have received some very positive science results after tests sat by their Primary 6 students.
In the land of the lemur
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Lemurs look cute and fuzzy but being an expert on them is no picnic. Travis Steffens has trekked for miles across hostile terrain in blazing temperatures to find them.
New Tawny Frogmouth Chicks At BAMZ
Friday, May 08, 2015
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo is now playing host to two new inhabitants, a pair of tawny frogmouth chicks born approximately one month ago to parents Kermit and Duane, inhabitants of the Australasia exhibit.
Zoological Society puts accent on history
Monday, April 27, 2015
“Educating tomorrow’s environmentalists,” is the mission of the Bermuda Zoological Society, and while impassioning and empowering students to protect and conserve the environment is important, it is equally important to the BZS to educate adults — especially those who are teaching the next generation. We desire to provide them with the understanding and skills to help them set an example of how to make a difference for our natural world
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Excerpt from WILD News April 2018
If you have recently visited the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo (BAMZ), you may have noticed two new additions to the North Rock habitat; a green turtle and a rainbow parrot fish. We'll explain in the next story about the parrot fish, but this story is about how "Lucky" the green turtle found a home at BAMZ.
Lucky was brought to BAMZ on July 3rd, 2016. He was collected off Marshall's island and was found floating on the surface with deep lacerations on his shell from a boat strike and a missing front flipper, likely through an interaction with a shark. Half of each hind flipper were also missing and the boat strike had paralysed his one of his hind flippers and weakened the other. To cap off this turtles problems, he was positively buoyant meaning he could not dive and stay at the bottom of the tank.
Lucky the Green Turtle in the North Rock exhibit. Photo by Dr. Alex Amat
Lucky was admitted into the Wildlife Rehabilitation programme, a hospital for sick wild animals, with the hope that he could be released back the wild. Unfortunately the extent of his injuries meant this is still far from certain.
In late February, after almost two years of rehabilitation, it was decided to place Lucky in the North Rock habitat. The aquarists believed that he would be unable to swim to the bottom, but at least he would have access to a larger roaming area.
This turtle definitely lived up to his name, because within a few days, the aquarists noticed that he was diving down on his own! With only one and a half working flippers and severe buoyancy issues, this "lucky" guy still found a way to make it to the bottom of his new habitat!
For now, Lucky will remain in the North Rock Tank. But, who knows what the future holds for this fellow. The animal health team and aquarists will continue to monitor his progress, and maybe one day he can return to the big blue ocean. Green sea turtles are a migratory species and the big question still to answer is whether he can survive a long oceanic journey.
Until then, be sure to visit BAMZ to take a look at Lucky as he glides through the North Rock!