Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for St. Kitts and Nevis - WIDECAST

St. Kitts and Nevis Sea Turtles…
SEA TURTLES
Abigail Thompson
Grade 5A, Cayon Primary, October 1992
Turtles are known as reptiles. They have hard backs as a shell. They like to live in swamp areas.
The turtle oil can be used to cure very bad colds. Men who catch turtles say they often follow
the turtles' tracks on the sea water to know where they are, these tracks lead them to where they
lay their eggs.
SEA TURTLES
Edward Smith
Grade 5B, Cayon Primary, October 1992
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A cloud in the shape like a turtle tells people when to get turtles.
From April to May people hunt turtles.
Turtle eggs can make pancakes.
To get turtle oil, you have to skim off the oil.
ALL ABOUT TURTLES
Voslyn Charles
Grade 5B, Cayon Primary, October 1992
Keys Village, St. Kitts
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The cloud in the sky sometimes looks like a turtle.
From March to May people go hunt for turtles.
People use turtle oil to make medicine.
People eat turtle meat.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TURTLES
Louise Jones
Teacher, Grade 5, Estridge Primary School
October 1992
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Fishermen say they know when turtles are coming in to lay their eggs, they see the track in the
sky. Whether this is true or not they are often successful in catching a turtle when they go to the
beach. Turtles lay over one hundred eggs, their eggs when cooked (recipe below) [are] a
delicacy. It is said that the turtle consists of different types of meat: beef, pork, mutton. The oil
is used to give children when they have a cold. The turtle is so large that it takes a tractor to
transport it from the beach to the village where it is cut up and sold. The village of Keys for
many years was almost dubbed Turtle Village, every now and then there would be turtle to be
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