Daytona 2010 photos....where are they???
spikethebest said:I would love to get a transcript or something from that talk with Peter on the galaps. How was the talk? Learn anything really interesting? Any interesting recent new developments or news?
cdmay said:...and it certainly was interesting. The real question isn't if Lonesome George is breeding any of the females that he has been kept with for decades. The latest information is about the possiblity---THE POSSIBLITY, that other Pinta Island tortoises might have been scattered about on other islands or that might be living in captivity somewhere. Pritchard's (and others) reasoning is that in at least one instance, live tortoises captured for food on whaling ships were thrown overboard during a naval battle off the island of Santa Cruz (I think this is the one he mentioned) many years ago. It was reported that the tortoises were found bobbing about in the ocean the next day and many of them made it ashore. Genetic studies have shown that the tortoises living in that section of the island now are of mixed genes which indicates that some of those tortoises might have actually survived the battle and went on to breed. This is further supported by the fact that there are now many different phenotypes living together in that same region of the island. So you have tortoises that are saddlebacks living right next to dome shelled types which shows that the tortoise there are made up of different backgrounds. Some of these living tortoises, according to Pritchard, look exactly like typical Pinta animals.
Sorry if this is OT, but the whole subject is really interesting to me.
TylerStewart said:
Best photo I took all weekend.
I met Danny there and made some small talk. I had a blast socially, but was a little bummed about the show. Seems to be shrinking every year the past few years.
TylerStewart said:
Best photo I took all weekend.
I met Danny there and made some small talk. I had a blast socially, but was a little bummed about the show. Seems to be shrinking every year the past few years.
Tyler isn't your wife like 7 to 9 months pregnant right now? I take it this isn't her in this picture since I met her at the Pomona Expo and don't remember her looking like this.
Candy said:Can I also watch her slap you for sending her that picture? Please.